The toxicology of honey bee poisoning

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 261-265

  Stefanidou, Maria ^a   Athanaselis, Sotirios ^a   Koutselinis, Antonios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONEYBEE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PEST MANAGEMENT; PLANT; POLLUTANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; POISONING;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0141855364     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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