Swedish pesticide risk reduction 1981-1995: Food residues, health hazard, and reported poisonings

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 147, Issue , 1996, Pages 119-139

  Ekström, George ^a   Hemming, Helena ^a   Palmborg, Margareta ^b  

^a Swed Natl Chemicals Inspectorate   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Poisons Information Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0029691897     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4058-7_4     Document Type: Review

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