Organochlorine pesticides in surface soils and sediments from obsolete pesticides dumping site near Lahore city, Pakistan: Contamination status and their distribution

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-96

  Syed, Jabir Hussain ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Muhammad, Ashiq ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Lahore city; Lila stream; obsolete dumping site; organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895070497     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2013.829051     Document Type: Article

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