Analysis and environmental concentrations of the herbicide dichlobenil and its main metabolite 2,6-dichlorobenzamide (BAM): A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2343-2356

  Björklund, Erland ^a   Anskjær, Gitte Gotholdt ^a   Hansen, Martin ^a   Styrishave, Bjarne ^a   Halling Sørensen, Bent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analysis; BAM; Biota; Dichlobenil; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOILS; WATER; WEED CONTROL;

ANALYSIS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOTA; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DICHLOBENIL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

2,6 DICHLOROBENZAMIDE; DICHLOBENIL; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; RAIN; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HERBICIDE; METABOLITE; WATER QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

AIR ANALYSIS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 79955007813     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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