Pesticide pollution of multiple drinking water sources in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: evidence from two provinces

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 9042-9058

  Chau, N D G ^a,b,c   Sebesvari, Z ^a   Amelung, W ^b   Renaud, F G ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Drinking water; Mekong Delta; Pesticides; Pollution; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AGROCHEMICAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FIELDWORK; GROWING SEASON; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND USE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SURFACE WATER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; RIVER; SEASON; VIET NAM; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SEASONS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84931562018     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-4034-x     Document Type: Article

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