Scientific Opinion on good modelling practice in the context of mechanistic effect models for risk assessment of plant protection products

EFSA Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

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effect modelling; environmental pesticide risk assessment; environmental scenarios; model documentation; model evaluation

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EID: 85078371200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3589     Document Type: Article

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