Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in surface and drinking waters in some egyptian governorates

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 694-700

  Eissa, F I ^a   Mahmoud, Hend A ^b   Ghanem, K M ^a   Ahmed, A B ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Monitoring; PCBs; Pollution; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890750082     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.27.06.7657     Document Type: Article

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