Safety impact and farmer awareness of pesticide residues

Food and Agricultural Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-200

  Hou, Bo ^a   Wu, Linhai ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural safety; Farmers awareness; Pesticide residue

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955668390     PISSN: 09540105     EISSN: 14653443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540105.2010.484858     Document Type: Review

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