Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in atmospheric air of Tamilnadu, southern India

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1957-1964

  Srimurali, S ^a   Govindaraj, S ^a   Krishna Kumar, S ^a   Babu Rajendran, R ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; India; Organochlorine pesticides; Passive air sampling

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC AIR; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; INDIA; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SPECTROMETRIC METHODS;

PESTICIDES;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84928150470     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-014-0558-3     Document Type: Article

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