Prevalence of organochlorine pesticide residues in groundwaters of Kasargod District, India

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1718-1725

  Akhil, P S ^a   Sujatha, C H ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

ground water contamination; Kasargod District; Kerala; open well; organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DETECTION LIMITS; ENDOSULFANS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; KASARGOD DISTRICT; KERALA; NORTH LATITUDES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RESIDUE LEVEL;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERS;

CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WELL WATER;

INDIA; KASARGOD; KERALA;

EID: 84867557213     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.728607     Document Type: Article

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