Organochlorine pesticides in soils from south-western Uganda

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1250-1255

  Ssebugere, Patrick ^a   Wasswa, John ^a   Mbabazi, Jolocam ^a   Nyanzi, Steven A ^a   Kiremire, Bernard T ^a   Marco, John A M ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Kihiihi sub county; Organochlorine pesticides; Residues; Soil

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INSECTICIDES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DETECTION FREQUENCY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; FOREST RESERVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; KIHIIHI SUB-COUNTY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RESIDUES;

SOILS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UGANDA;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; MABIRA FOREST RESERVE; UGANDA;

EID: 76349125784     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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