Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Plant protection products and their residues (PPR) on a request from EFSA on the FOCUS groundwater models comparability and the consistency of this risk assessment of ground water contamination

EFSA Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

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Author keywords

comparability; dispersion length; FOCUS; groundwater; leaching; models; PEARL; PECGW; PELMO; PRZM; runoff; water flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062071871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2004.93     Document Type: Article

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