Organochlorine contamination in the fish of the river Ganges, India

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 505-510

  Kumari, Anupma ^a   Sinha, R K ^a   Gopal, Krishna ^b  

^a PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aldrin; DDT; Endosulfan; HCH

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983066453     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146349801317276152     Document Type: Article

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16. -1 (ppb) in herbivorous fishes (Talwar and Jhingaran, 1991).