Environmental fate and toxicology of methomyl

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 222, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-109

  Van Scoy, April R ^a   Yue, Monica ^b   Deng, Xin ^b   Tjeerdema, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 84869055014     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4717-7_3     Document Type: Article

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