Evaluation of pesticide residues in drinking water in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-116

  Qureshi, Muhammad Nasimullah ^a   Rahman, Inayat Ur ^b  

^a ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Flood hit area; GC MS technique; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLOOD DAMAGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION;

KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84937700488     PISSN: 22216413     EISSN: 22232559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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