Pesticide Environmental Accounting: A method for assessing the external costs of individual pesticide applications

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-147

  Leach, A W ^a   Mumford, J D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Externalities; Health; Pesticides; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT QUOTIENT; PESTICIDE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING (PEA); STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

PESTICIDE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; PESTICIDE; POLICY MAKING; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; POLICY; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTING; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 36549032747     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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