Evaluation of probabilistic risk assessment of pesticides in the UK: Chlorpyrifos use on top fruit

Pest Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 512-526

  Crane, Mark ^a   Whitehouse, Paul ^b   Comber, Sean ^b   Watts, Chris ^b   Giddings, Jeffrey ^c   Moore, Dwayne R J ^d   Grist, Eric ^e  

^a Crane Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^b WRc NSF Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Cadmus Group Inc   (United States)

^d Cadmus Group   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorpyrifos; Probabilistic risk assessment; Spray drift; Top fruit

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHLORPYRIFOS; FISH; FUNGICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRAY; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISH; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHLORPYRIFOS; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLLUSCA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ARTHROPODA; PISCES;

EID: 0038033051     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.663     Document Type: Article

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