Determination of organochlorine pesticide residue in sediment and water from the Densu river basin, Ghana

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-292

  Kuranchie Mensah, Harriet ^a   Atiemo, Sampson Manukure ^a   Palm, Linda Maud Naa Dedei ^a   Blankson Arthur, Sarah ^a   Tutu, Anita Osei ^a   Fosu, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b Ghana Standards Board   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Distribution; Guideline value; Organochlorine pesticide; Sediment; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; INSECTICIDES; KETONES; METABOLITES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; GUIDELINE VALUES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALDRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; KETONE; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDEHYDE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONE; METABOLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GHANA; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; WASTE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DENSU BASIN; GHANA;

EID: 84855201206     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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