Pesticide exposure, safety issues, and risk assessment indicators

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1402-1419

  Damalas, Christos A ^a   Eleftherohorinos, Ilias G ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pesticide safety; Pesticide toxicity; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CARCINOGENICITY; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLLUTION; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 79957879569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8051402     Document Type: Review

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