Levels and seasonal variations of organochlorine pesticides in urban and rural background air of southern Ghana

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1963-1970

  Adu Kumi, Sam ^a,b   Kareš, Radovan ^c   Literák, Jaromír ^c   Borůvková, Jana ^c   Yeboah, Philip O ^b   Carboo, Derick ^b   Akoto, Osei ^d   Darko, Godfred ^d   Osae, Shiloh ^b   Klánová, Jana ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Ambient air; DDT; Endosulfan; Ghana; OCPs; Organochlorine pesticides; Passive air sampling

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DDD; DDE; DDT; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CITY; GHANA; SEASON;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENDOSULFAN; GHANA; HEPTACHLOR; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; SEASONS;

GHANA;

EID: 84864077917     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1013-y     Document Type: Article

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