Chronic oral lethal and sub‐lethal toxicities of different binary mixtures of pesticides and contaminants in bees (Apis mellifera, Osmia bicornis and Bombus terrestris)

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EFSA Supporting PublicationsVolume 13, Issue 9 1076E External scientific reportOpen Access Chronic oral lethal and sub-lethal toxicities of different binary mixtures of pesticides and contaminants in bees (Apis mellifera, Osmia bicornis and Bombus terrestris) Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Centre for Ecology & HydrologySearch for more papers by this authorDavid Spurgeon, David SpurgeonSearch for more papers by this authorHelen Hesketh, Helen HeskethSearch for more papers by this authorElma Lahive, Elma LahiveSearch for more papers by this authorClaus Svendsen, Claus SvendsenSearch for more papers by this authorJan Baas, Jan BaasSearch for more papers by this authorAlex Robinson, Alex RobinsonSearch for more papers by this authorAlice Horton, Alice HortonSearch for more papers by this authorMatthew Heard, Matthew HeardSearch for more papers by this author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Centre for Ecology & HydrologySearch for more papers by this authorDavid Spurgeon, David SpurgeonSearch for more papers by this authorHelen Hesketh, Helen HeskethSearch for more papers by this authorElma Lahive, Elma LahiveSearch for more papers by this authorClaus Svendsen, Claus SvendsenSearch for more papers by this authorJan Baas, Jan BaasSearch for more papers by this authorAlex Robinson, Alex RobinsonSearch for more papers by this authorAlice Horton, Alice HortonSearch for more papers by this authorMatthew Heard, Matthew HeardSearch for more papers by this author First published: 14 September 2016 https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1076Citations: 7 Question number: EFSA-Q-2013-00424. 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