Hazard Assessment for Selected Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Triazine Herbicides

The Triazine Herbicides

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 387-398

  Breckenridge, Charles B ^a   Werner, Christoph ^b   Stevens, James T ^c   Sumner, Darrell D ^c  

^a SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84882820711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451167-6.50028-3     Document Type: Chapter

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