50 Years of ecotoxicology since Silent Spring - A review

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-224

  Werner, Inge ^a   Hitzfeld, Bettina ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Pesticides; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867533692     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.21.3.13     Document Type: Review

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