Use of meta-analysis to predict degradation of carbaryl and malathion in freshwater for exposure assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 366-380

  Beyers, Daniel W ^a,b   Myers, Orrin B ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Larval Fish Laboratory ^*

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Fate; Pesticides; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000799541     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039609383614     Document Type: Article

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