Risk assessment as a management tool used to assess the effect of pesticide use in an irrigation system, situated in a semi-desert region

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-49

  Raschke, A M ^a   Burger, A E C ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POISONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031039690     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900153     Document Type: Article

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