Levels and patterns of organochlorine pesticides and their degradation products in rainwater in Kibaha Coast Region, Tanzania

Chemosphere

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-19

  Mahugija, John Andrew Marco ^a   Henkelmann, Bernhard ^b   Schramm, Karl Werner ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Organochlorine pesticides; Rainwater; Tanzania; Vikuge

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEALTH RISKS; INSECTICIDES; PUBLIC RISKS;

DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DEPOSITION MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAINWATER; TANZANIA; VIKUGE;

DEGRADATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ISOTOPE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; RAIN; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINWATER; RISK FACTOR; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANZANIA; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT;

KIBAHA; PWANI; TANZANIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; RAIN; TANZANIA;

EID: 84922116663     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.05.051     Document Type: Article

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