Organochlorine pesticide residues in farmed fish in Machakos and Kiambu counties, Kenya
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Organochlorine pesticide residues in fish from Lake Naivasha and Tana River, Kenya.
Mugachia, J C; Kanja, L; Gitau, F
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عنوان ژورنال: Cogent Environmental Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2331-1843
DOI: 10.1080/23311843.2016.1153215