A model to predict threshold concentrations for toxic effects of chlorinated benzenes in sediment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2100-2109

  Fuchsman, Phyllis C ^a,b   Duda, Deborah J ^a   Barber, Timothy R ^a  

^a McLaren/Hart ChemRisk   (United States)

^b ARCADIS Geraghty and Miller   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorinated benzenes; Equilibrium partitioning; Probabilistic assessment; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032790068     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<2100:AMTPTC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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