Organophosphorus insecticides in honey, pollen and bees (Apis mellifera L.) and their potential hazard to bee colonies in Egypt

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Al Naggar, Yahya ^a,b   Codling, Garry ^b   Vogt, Anja ^b   Naiem, Elsaied ^a   Mona, Mohamed ^a   Seif, Amal ^a   Giesy, John P ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Africa; Bees; Hazard quotient; OPs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; CHLORPYRIFOS OXON; COUMAFOS; DIMPYLATE; ETHOPROP; MALATION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PHORATE; PROFENOFOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HONEYBEE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGYPT; EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HONEY; IMAGO; LETHALITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPRING; SUMMER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; WORKER (INSECT); ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SEASON;

EGYPT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EGYPT; HONEY; INSECTICIDES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLLEN; SEASONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84920955161     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.12.039     Document Type: Article

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