@article {Karpouzas:2004:1743-1026:36, title = "Higher Tier Risk Assessment for pesticides applied in rice paddies: filling the gap at European level", journal = "Outlooks on Pest Management", parent_itemid = "infobike://resinf/opm", publishercode ="resinf", year = "2004", volume = "15", number = "1", publication date ="2004-02-01T00:00:00", pages = "36-41", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "1743-1026", eissn = "1743-1034", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/resinf/opm/2004/00000015/00000001/art00013", doi = "doi:10.1564/15feb13", author = "Karpouzas, Dimitrios G. and Capri, Ettore", abstract = "This paper is intended to outline the current initiatives in Europe for development of procedures for environmental risk assessment for pesticides in rice paddies. The paper will discuss existing and on-going research related to the higher tier risk assessment in rice paddies and will present the future objectives of a related Marie Curie research project in accordance to existing pitfalls in the current risk assessment procedures in rice in Europe.", }