Significance and application of microbial toxicity tests in assessing ecotoxicological risks of contaminants in soil and sediment

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 455-499

  Van Beelen, P ^a   Doelman, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b IWACO BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; TOXICITY TEST;

EID: 0031060785     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00388-8     Document Type: Article

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