Influence of exposure scenario on pesticide toxicity in the midge Kiefferulus calligaster (Kieffer)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 450-457

  Domingues, Inês ^a   Guilhermino, Lúcia ^b,c   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a   Nogueira, António J A ^a   Monaghan, Kieran A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Carbendazim; ChE; Chironomidae; Chlorpyrifos; Exposure scenarios; GST; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBENDAZIM; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

BIOMARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KEIFFERULUS CALLIGASTER; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLORPYRIFOS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; INSECTICIDES; MORTALITY; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; KIEFFERULUS;

EID: 54949096513     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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