Towards a better pesticide policy for the European Union

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 575, Issue , 2017, Pages 1027-1033

  Storck, Veronika ^a   Karpouzas, Dimitrios G ^b   Martin Laurent, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Pesticide; Pesticide policy; Plant protection product

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PESTICIDES;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN HEALTH; PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

PESTICIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUROPEAN UNION; PESTICIDE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85006250844     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.167     Document Type: Article

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