The influence of soil environmental variables on the degradation and volatility of methyl bromide in soil

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1723-1729

  Rice, Patricia J ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a   Cink, James H ^a   Coats, Joel R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Methyl bromide; Mobility; Volatility

Indexed keywords

METHYL BROMIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY TESTING; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0029823088     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<1723:TIOSEV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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