Assessing the impact of pesticides on the environment

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 81-96

  Van Der Werf, Hayo M G ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Environmental impact; Leaching; Pesticides; Runoff; Toxicity; Volatilisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODELLING; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT DISPERSION;

EID: 0030300668     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01096-1     Document Type: Article

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