Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in soils and drinking water sources from cocoa farms in Ghana.

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Published in Springerplus on June 24, 2016

Authors

Benedicta Y Fosu-Mensah1, Elvis D Okoffo1, Godfred Darko2, Christopher Gordon1

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana, P. O. Box 209, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
2: Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

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