Effects of application rate on avian risk from granular pesticides

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 526-529

  Stafford, Tamara R ^a   Best, Louis B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application rate; Avian exposure; Granular pesticides; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; FENSULFOTHION; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DRUG GRANULE; ECOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031934625     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0526:EOAROA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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