The use of atmospheric dispersion models in risk assessment decision support systems for pesticides

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-145

  De Leeuw, Frank A A M ^a   Van Pul, W Addo J ^a   Van Den Berg, Frederik ^b   Gilbert, Andrew J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport models; Persistent organic pollutants; Pesticides; Plant protection products; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELS; PLANT PROTECTION;

AIR POLLUTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISPERSION; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PLANT; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0034127144     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006262209031     Document Type: Article

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