Life cycle human toxicity assessment of pesticides: Comparing fruit and vegetable diets in Switzerland and the United States

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 939-945

  Juraske, Ronnie ^a   Mutel, Christopher L ^a   Stoessel, Franziska ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health damage; Human exposure; Intake fraction; Life cycle assessment; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUITS; LIFE CYCLE; NUTRITION; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY; VEGETABLES;

AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION; CHARACTERIZATION FACTORS; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; HEALTH DAMAGE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INTAKE FRACTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; INGESTION RATE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SWITZERLAND; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749121196     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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