Disposal of pesticide waste from agricultural production in the Al-Batinah region of Northern Oman

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-242

  Al Zadjali, Said ^a,b   Morse, Stephen ^b   Chenoweth, Jonathan ^b   Deadman, Mike ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Oman; Pesticide disposal; Pesticides; Safety; Socio economic aspects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; OMAN; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MACHINERY; PUBLIC POLICY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION POLICY; RESEARCH WORK; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

OMAN; PESTICIDE DISPOSAL; PESTICIDES; SAFETY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS;

AGRICULTURE; OMAN; PESTICIDES; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

AL BATINAH; OMAN;

EID: 84879708436     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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