Toxicity assessment of the main pesticides used in Costa Rica

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 183-190

  Humbert, Sébastien ^a,b   Margni, Manuele ^a,c   Charles, Raphael ^d   Salazar, Oscar M Torres ^e   Quirós, Anna L ^f   Jolliet, Olivier ^a,g  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^e Contraloría General de la República de Costa Rica ^*  (Costa Rica)

^f Eco Global SA   (Costa Rica)

^g Section on Statistical Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecotoxicity; Costa Rica; Human toxicity; IMPACT 2002; Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA); Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY TEST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33751321649     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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