Bystander and resident exposures to pesticides used in agriculture: Recent work to update the model used to assess exposure of the public in the UK

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-12

  Butler Ellis, Clare ^a  

^a Silsoe Spray Applications Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bystander exposure; Modelling; Resident exposure; Risk assessment; Spray drift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857744868     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: 17431034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1564/23feb03     Document Type: Article

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