The weight method: A new screening method for estimating pesticide deposition from knapsack sprayers in developing countries

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1571-1577

  García Santos, Glenda ^a   Scheiben, Dominik ^b   Binder, Claudia R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Human exposure; Knapsack sprayer; Pesticide drift; Tracer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; DEPOSITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PESTICIDES;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; KNAPSACK SPRAYER; PESTICIDE CONTAMINATIONS; PESTICIDE DEPOSITION; TRACER;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ABSORBENT; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; AGROCHEMICAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; POTATO;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; SCREENING; SOIL; TOXICOLOGY; WEIGHT;

COLOMBIA;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79951720868     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.058     Document Type: Article

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