Controlling persistent organic pollutants-what next?

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-175

  Vallack, Harry W ^a   Bakker, Dick J ^b   Brandt, Ingvar ^c   Broström Lundén, Eva ^d   Brouwer, Abraham ^e   Bull, Keith R ^f   Gough, Clair ^g   Guardans, Ramon ^h   Holoubek, Ivan ⁱ   Jansson, Bo ^j   Koch, Rainer ^k   Kuylenstierna, Johan ^a   Lecloux, André ^l   Mackay, Donald ^p   McCutcheon, Patrick ^m   Mocarelli, Paolo ⁿ   Taalman, Rob D F ^l   Weavers, Nicole G ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h CIEMAT   (Spain)

ⁱ MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k BAYER AG   (Germany)

^l Cefic   (Belgium)

^m EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^o ETAF Europ Train Assess Found   (Netherlands)

^p Europ Train Assess Found ^*

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Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Carcinogenicity; Chronic toxicity; Endocrine disruption; Global distillation; Immunotoxicity; Monitoring; Persistence; Persistent organic pollutants; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIOXIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031760529     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(98)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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