Occurrence and distribution of sediment-associated insecticides in urban waterways in the Pearl River Delta, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1373-1379

  Li, Huizhen ^a,b   Tyler Mehler, W ^a,c   Lydy, Michael J ^c   You, Jing ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pearl River Delta; Pyrethroid insecticides; Sediment; Urban waterways

Indexed keywords

GEMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

ABATEMENT PROJECTS; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOCHLORINES; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PYRETHROID INSECTICIDE; URBAN WATERWAYS;

INSECTICIDES;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CIPERMETHRIN; ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PYRETHROID;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPERMETHRIN; DDT; ENDOSULFAN; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79551686690     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.074     Document Type: Article

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