Ecotoxicological assessment of solid wastes: A combined liquid- and solid-phase testing approach using a battery of bioassays and biomarkers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1195-1202

  Ferrari, Benoit ^a   Radetski, Claudemir Marcos ^a   Veber, Anne Marie ^a   Ferard, Jean Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Biomarkers; Complex mixtures; Leachate; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR BOTTOM ASH (MSWIBA); STRESS ENZYME ACTIVITIES;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; ENZYMES; LEACHING; REFUSE INCINERATORS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

SOLID WASTES;

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALGAE; AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0032902537     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1195:EAOSWA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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