Pesticides: Human Health Effects

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 438-453

  Bolognesi, C ^a   Merlo, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Carcinogenicity; Developmental defects; Epidemiology; Fertility; Fungicides; Genotoxicity; Health effects; Herbicides; Insecticides; Neurotoxicity; Pesticides; Poisonings; Reference values; Regulation; Risk assessment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907174745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00592-4     Document Type: Chapter

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