Characterization, ecological and health risks of DDTs and HCHs in water from a large shallow Chinese lake

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-84

  He, Wei ^a   Qin, Ning ^a   He, Qi Shuang ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Kong, Xiang Zhen ^a   Xu, Fu Liu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DDTs; Ecological risk; HCHs; Health risk; Lake Chaohu; Source identification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARCINOGEN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HCH; HEALTH RISK; LAKE WATER; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ANHUI; CHAOHU LAKE; CHINA;

EID: 84868153954     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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