Impact of endosulphan and cypermethrin mixture on amphibians under field use for biotech soya bean production

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-389

  Agostini, María Gabriela ^a   Natale, Guillermo Sebastián ^a   Ronco, Alicia Estela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Anuran; Caged toxicity tests; Cypermethrin; Endosulphan; Field assessments; Hypsiboas pulchellus; Laboratory toxicity tests; Leptodactylus latinasus; Rhinella fernandezae; Soya bean; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953487390     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2009.030109     Document Type: Article

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