Assessment of organochlorine pesticides contamination in underground rivers in Chongqing, Southwest China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Hu, Ying ^a   Qi, Shihua ^a   Zhang, Junpeng ^a   Tan, Lingzhi ^a   Zhang, Jiaquan ^a   Wang, Yinghui ^b   Yuan, Daoxian ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk assessment; Karst; Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs); Underground river

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE RISK LEVELS; CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS; CHONGQING; DICOFOL; DOMINATING FACTORS; HUMAN HEALTH; KARST; KARST AREAS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCPS); PARENT COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SOUTHWEST CHINA; UNDERGROUND RIVER; UNDERGROUND RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LANDFORMS; PESTICIDES; POTABLE WATER; RATING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGEN; CHILD HEALTH; DDT; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; KARST; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER;

CHINA; CHONGQING;

EID: 80052173180     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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