Distribution of pesticides in sediments from municipal drains in Delhi, India

Asian Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Kumar, Bhupander ^a   Gaur, R ^a   Goel, G ^a   Mishra, Meenu ^a   Prakash, Dev ^a   S K Singh, ^a   Lai, R B ^b   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Sharma, C S ^a  

^a CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

^b Ministry of Environment and Forest   (India)

Author keywords

Gas chromatograph (GC); Herbicides; High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC); Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs); Organophosphate Pesticides (OPPs); Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155166590     PISSN: 19921454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajsr.2011.271.280     Document Type: Article

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