Environmental hazards of mobile ground spraying with cyanophos and fenthion for Quelea control in Senegal

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Mullié, Wim C ^a   Diallo, Alpha Oumar ^b   Gadji, Baba ^a   Ndiaye, Massar D ^b  

^a Locustox Project   (Senegal)

^b Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DEATH; ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SENEGAL; VEGETATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MACROURUS; NOTOSTRACA; QUELEA; QUELEA QUELEA; REPTILIA; STRIGIFORMES; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIOPS CANCRIFORMIS; UROCOLIUS MACROURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032935868     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1744     Document Type: Article

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