Terrestrial wildlife risk assessment for TCDD in land-applied pulp and paper mill sludge

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1789-1801

  Meyn, Ossi ^a   Zeeman, Maurice ^a   Wise, Michael J ^b   Keane, Susan E ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Ecological risk assessment; Monte Carlo analysis; Pharmacokinetic model; Pulp paper mill sludge

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0030852685     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1789:TWRAFT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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