Why paraquat should be banned

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 268-271

  Dinham, Barbara ^a,b,c  

^a Pesticide Action Network UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UN Food Agric Organisation Intl C

^c PAN Reg Centres Coordinating Group

Author keywords

Ban; Developing countries; Hazard; Health effects; Occupational exposure; Paraquat; Pesticides; Poisoning; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244258272     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1564/15dec10     Document Type: Review

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