Wildlife exposure to organophosphorus insecticides

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2001, Pages 21-63

  Sanchez Hernandez, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

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EID: 0002799645     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0159-2_2     Document Type: Article

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