Bee honey as an environmental bioindicator of pesticides' occurrence in six agricultural areas of Greece

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 462-470

  Balayiannis, George ^a   Balayiannis, Panos ^b  

^a BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CLOFENVINFOS; COUMAFOS; PESTICIDE; PHORATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; BIOINDICATOR; COTTON; EVERGREEN TREE; HERB; HONEY; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COTTON; CROP; GREECE; HONEY; HONEYBEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUNFLOWER;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREECE; HONEY; PESTICIDES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CITRUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 51849084438     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9126-x     Document Type: Article

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