Pesticide use in the U.S. and policy implications: A focus on herbicides

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-276

  Colborn, Theo ^a   Short, Polly ^a  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 D; acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor; atrazine; endocrine disruptor; herbicide; imidazolinone; pesticide additive; pesticide usage; sulfonylurea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996147186     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379901500121     Document Type: Article

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