Economic evaluation of health cost of pesticide use: Willingness to pay method

Pakistan Development Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-470

  Khan, Muhammad ^a  

^a FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Health cost; IPM; Pesticide use; WTP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863409532     PISSN: 00309729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30541/v48i4iipp.459-470     Document Type: Article

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