Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Plant protection products and their residues (PPR) on a request from EFSA related to the evaluation of pirimicarb

EFSA Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

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Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase; acute risk; bird; carbamate; dietary study; food avoidance; insecticide; metabolism; pirimicarb; reversibility; safety factors; TER; time quotient approach; toxicity

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EID: 85078376222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2005.240     Document Type: Article

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