Canadian water quality guidelines for linuron

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-41

  Caux, P Y ^a   Kent, R A ^a   Fan, G T ^a   Grande, C ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Fate; Guideline; Half life; Herbicide; Linuron; Toxicity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; LINURON; SURFACE WATER;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CANADA; CROP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRUIT; HALF LIFE TIME; LEACHING; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; TIME; TOMATO; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031974817     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:1<1::AID-TOX1>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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