Degradation kinetics of DDT in tropical soils: A proposed multi-phase zero order kinetic model that takes into account evaporation, hydrolysis, photolysis, microbial degradation and adsorption by soil particulates.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) commissioned a 5-year international programme during 1989 to 1993 to study the behaviour of DDT in 10 tropical countries: India, Indonesia, Pakistani, China, Philippines, Egypt, Tanzania, Kenya, Panama and Braz...
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Elsevier
2020-09-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227620302052 |