People, pesticides, and the environment: Who bears the brunt of backward policy in South Africa?

New Solutions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-350

  London, Leslie ^a   Rother, Hanna Andrea ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Okavango Research Institute (ORI)   (Botswana)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000260002     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HAGW-QU9E-4H86-AW6W     Document Type: Article

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