Status of organochlorine pesticides in the drinking water well-field located in the Delhi region of the flood plains of river Yamuna

Drinking Water Engineering and Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Mutiyar, P K ^a   Mittal, A K ^a   Pekdeger, A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; INSECTICIDES; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

EUROPEAN UNION LIMITS; LONG-TERM DAMAGES; METABOLIC DISORDERS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; POST-MONSOON PERIOD; REGULATORY AGENCIES; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 81155123809     PISSN: 19969457     EISSN: 19969465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/dwes-4-51-2011     Document Type: Article

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