User behaviour, best practice and the risks of non-target exposure associated with anticoagulant rodenticide use

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1503-1508

  Tosh, David G ^a,b   Shore, Richard F ^b   Jess, Stephen ^c   Withers, Alan ^c   Bearhop, Stuart ^d   Ian Montgomery, W ^a   McDonald, Robbie A ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant rodenticides; Best practice; Questionnaire survey; Secondary exposure

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PESTICIDES;

ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE; BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES; BEST PRACTICES; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; MODERN AGRICULTURES; PREDATORY BIRDS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SECOND GENERATION; SECONDARY EXPOSURE; USER BEHAVIORS;

MAMMALS;

ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE; BRODIFACOUM; BROMADIOLONE; CHLOROPHACINONE; COUMATETRALYL; DIFENACOUM; FIRST GENERATION ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE; FLOCOUMAFEN; RODENTICIDE; SECOND GENERATION ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BAIT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIRD; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; RODENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CARCASS; COMMENSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; RODENT CONTROL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79952439184     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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