Organochlorine insecticides (DDT and Heptachlor) in dry fish available in Bangladesh: Seasonal trends and species variability

Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-281

  Bhuiyan, Nurul Huda ^a   Bhuiyan, Habibur Rahman ^a   Nath, K K ^a   Ahmed, Kabir ^a   Hassan, Tariqul ^b   Bhuiyan, Nazrul Islam ^a  

^a Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Concentration; DDT(Dichloro diphenyl trichloro ethane); Dry fish; Heptachlor; Organochlorine insecticides; Season

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950651006     PISSN: 07179324     EISSN: 07179707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-97072009000300016     Document Type: Article

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