Assessing farmers' practices on disposal of pesticide waste after use

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 341-345

  Damalas, Christos A ^a   Telidis, Georgios K ^a   Thanos, Stavros D ^a  

^a Department of Agricultural Development of Pieria ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Containers; Old pesticides; Pesticide solutions; Rinsates; Safety

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CROPS; HEALTH HAZARDS; IRRIGATION CANALS; PESTICIDES; SPRAYING;

OLD PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE SOLUTIONS; RINSATES; SPRAYING TANKS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

PESTICIDE; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CROP; GREECE; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; STREAM (RIVER); TRAINING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; RURAL POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PIERIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249036130     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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