Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Egyptian aquatic environment

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1929-1940

  Nasr, I N ^a   Arief, M H ^b   Abdel Aleem, A H ^c   Malhat, F M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Drainage water; Fish; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Sediment; Water supplies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949550453     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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