A review of pesticide policies and regulations for urban amenity areas in seven European countries

Weed Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-214

  Kristoffersen, P ^a   Rask, A M ^a   Grundy, A C ^b   Franzen, I ^c   Kempenaar, C ^d   Raisio, J ^e   Schroeder, H ^f   Spijker, J ^d   Verschwele, A ^g   Zarina, L ^h  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Environmental and Health Authority   (Sweden)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Public Works Department   (Finland)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMICS   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Clean Region; Hard surfaces; Municipalities; Non agricultural herbicide use; Non chemical weed control; Pavements; Policies; Public authorities; Regulations

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SURVEY; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WEED CONTROL;

BALTIC STATES; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GERMANY; LATVIA; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43849096885     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2008.00619.x     Document Type: Review

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