Lindane levels in the dumping grounds in Chinhat area, Lucknow, India

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2081-2089

  Vankar, Padma S ^a   Sahu, Ramashanker ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

; HCH; Chinhat village; Gas chromatography; Levels of ; Lindane contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957533193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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