Passive air sampling of organochlorine pesticides in a northeastern state of India, Manipur

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 808-815

  Devi, Ningombam Linthoingambi ^a   Qi, Shihua ^a   Chakraborty, Paromita ^b,c   Zhang, Gan ^b   Yadav, Ishwar Chandra ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Manipur; Mountain; Organochlorine pesticides; Polyurethane foam; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PESTICIDES; POLYURETHANES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; RURAL AREAS; URBAN GROWTH;

MANIPUR; MOUNTAIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; URBAN;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHLORDANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; EMISSION; ENDOSULFAN; HCH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

IMPHAL; INDIA; MANIPUR; THOUBAL;

EID: 79958857371     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60453-6     Document Type: Article

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