A review and evaluation of plant protection product ranking tools used in agriculture

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-327

  Labite, H ^a   Butler, F ^a   Cummins, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environment; Pesticides; Risk ranking; Scores

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956366121     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2011.552392     Document Type: Review

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