Characteristics of imidacloprid toxicity in two Apis mellifera subspecies

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1901-1905

  Suchail, Séverine ^a   Guez, David ^a   Belzunces, Luc P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybees; Imidacloprid; Insecticide; Lethal dose

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LETHAL DOSE; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CAUCASICA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034125962     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190726     Document Type: Article

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