Information needs for pesticide registration in the United States

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1086-1093

  Touart, Leslie W ^a   Maciorowski, Anthony F ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Field studies; Pesticide registration in the United States; Pesticides; Risk management; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001392098     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1086:INFPRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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