Refined avian risk assessment for aldicarb in the United States

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-101

  Moore, Dwayne R J ^a   Teed, R Scott ^a   Rodney, Sara I ^a   Thompson, Ryan P ^a   Fischer, David L ^b  

^a Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc   (Canada)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldicarb; GranPARAM; Granular pesticide; Probabilistic risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALDICARB; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALDICARB; ANIMALS; BIRDS; INSECTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249146598     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2009-022.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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