Assessment of organochlorine pesticides and plasticisers in the Selangor River basin and possible pollution sources

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1541-1554

  Santhi, Veerasingam Armugam ^a   Mustafa, Ali Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Organochlorine pesticide; Phthalate esters; Surface water

Indexed keywords

BIS-PHENOL A; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PHTHALATE ESTER; POLLUTION SOURCES; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; PESTICIDES; PLASTICIZERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DRINKING WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER; RAIN; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

DRINKING WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALAYSIA; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIREFLY; RIVER; SEASON; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTION;

MALAYSIA; SELANGOR; SELANGOR RIVER; WEST MALAYSIA;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIREFLIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; PLASTICIZERS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874417592     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2649-2     Document Type: Article

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