The environmental fate of phthalate esters: A literature review

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 667-749

  Staples, Charles A ^a   Peterson, Dennis R ^b   Parkerton, Thomas F ^b   Adams, William J ^c  

^a Assessment Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HALF LIFE TIME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

EID: 0030878626     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00195-1     Document Type: Article

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