Insecticide residue database for Africa

An insecticide residue database was compiled for Africa from a literature review in Web of Knowledge to identify studies that measured insecticide residues in soil, sediment, water and air. The search terms that were used for the extraction of the literature are available as additional file in the manuscript. The database extracted the following data systematically from the individual papers: year and month(s) of sampling, sample collection methods and depth, insecticide extraction method, insecticide quantification method, quantification and detection limits, insecticide and insecticide class, the measured insecticide concentration and geographical coordinates.