Alternative measures of pesticide use.
While kilograms of pesticide is the most common way of measuring agricultural chemical use, the type of analysis will generally define what measure of chemical use is best. In this paper different measures are considered. The inferences one draws concerning pesticide use can vary substantially depending on the measure.
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Resource Economics Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
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D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010571:Pest Control / Q000379:methods*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States
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