Organochlorine pesticide residues in fish from Lake Naivasha and Tana River, Kenya.
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Mugachia, J C; Kanja, L; Gitau, F
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Or~lanochlorine Pesticide Residues in Fish from Lake Nawasha and Tana River, Kenya
Organochlorine pesticides such as DDT, dieldrin and lindane are pesticides used in agriculture and public health. The chemicals persist in the environment and accumulate in fatty tissues of living organisms. Toxicity of organochlorines in nontarget organisms is mainly due to chronic exposure to sublethal doses of the chemicals. Some of the documented detrimental effects of the pesticides in the...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology
دوره 49 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992