Use and fate of pesticides in the Amazon State, Brazil: Risk to human health and the environment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 423-428

  Waichman, Andrea Viviana ^a   Römbke, Jörg ^b   Ribeiro, Maria Olívia A ^a   Nina, Nailson C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Case studies; Chemicals; Fishery; Flood plains; Registration; Risk assessment; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; HEALTH RISK; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMAZONAS STATE; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036447498     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987596     Document Type: Review

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