Green revolution agriculture and chemical hazards

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 188, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Pimentel, David ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029835986     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05280-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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