Health risk of low-dose pesticides mixtures: A review of the 1985-1998 literature on combination toxicology and health risk assessment

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Carpy, Serge A ^a   Kobel, Werner ^a   Doe, John ^a  

^a European Crop Protection Association   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034010799     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/109374000281122     Document Type: Article

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