Risk assessment of pesticide spray drift damage in Belgium

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 602-611

  De Schampheleire, Mieke ^a   Spanoghe, Pieter ^a   Brusselman, Eva ^b   Sonck, Sofie ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Land Agency [Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (VLM)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buffer zones; Pesticide; Pocer; Risk assessment; Spray drift

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; LEGISLATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846350816     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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