Avian exposure to pesticides in Costa Rican banana plantations

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 562-568

  Mortensen, S R ^a,b   Johnson, K A ^a,c   Weisskopf, C P ^a,d   Hooper, M J ^a,e   Lacher, T E ^a,f   Kendall, R J ^a,e  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CARBOFURAN; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; MANCOZEB; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBOFURAN; CHOLINESTERASES; COSTA RICA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; ZINGIBERALES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031982105     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900662     Document Type: Article

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