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Original Articles

Probabilistic assessment of the cumulative dietary acute exposure of the population of Denmark to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides

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Pages 1038-1048 | Received 03 Nov 2008, Accepted 01 Mar 2009, Published online: 12 Jun 2009

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