Herbicide spray drift odor: Measurement and toxicological significance

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 390-397

  Brown, J N ^a   Gooneratne, S R ^a   Chapman, R B ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HERBICIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ODORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033999674     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449910052     Document Type: Article

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