Pesticide management and their residues in sediments and surface and drinking water in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-39

  Toan, Pham Van ^a,b   Sebesvari, Zita ^a   Bläsing, Melanie ^c   Rosendahl, Ingrid ^c   Renaud, Fabrice G ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Mekong Delta; Pesticide management; Pesticide residues; Sediment; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MEKONG DELTA; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PESTICIDE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSECTICIDES; MONITORING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYS;

SURFACE WATERS;

BUPROFEZIN; BUTOCLOR; CIPERMETHRIN; DRINKING WATER; ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN SULFATE; FENOBUCARB; FIPRONIL; MALOTILATE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PRETILACHLOR; PROFENOFOS; PROPANIL; PROPICONAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOCCULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FAMILY SIZE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

AGRICULTURE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84875024522     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.026     Document Type: Article

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