Persistent organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in intensive agricultural soils from North India

Soil and Water Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Kumar, Bhupander ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Gaur, Richa ^a   Goel, Gargi ^a   Mishra, Meenu ^a   Singh, Satish Kumar ^a   Prakash, Dev ^a   Sharmaa, Chandra Sekhar ^a  

^a CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE); Agricultural soil; Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955236226     PISSN: 18015395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/21/2011-swr     Document Type: Article

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