A geo-referenced aquatic exposure prediction methodology for 'down-the-drain' chemicals

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Boeije, Geert ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter ^a   Matthies, Michael ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer chemicals; Environmental exposure assessment; Fate models; Monte Carlo simulation; Risk assessment; River models; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER CHEMICALS; GEO REFERENCED AQUATIC EXPOSURE PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEWERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

DETERGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; RIVER WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC WASTE; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030700858     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00481-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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