Comparison of environmental risks of pesticides between tropical and nontropical regions

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 577-586

  Sanchez Bayo, Francisco ^a   Hyne, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fugacity modeling; Half life; Leaching; Pesticides; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; PH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE; VOLATILIZATION;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84857436049     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.189     Document Type: Article

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