Consensus sediment quality guidelines for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 780-787

  Swartz, Richard C ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixtures; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment quality guideline; Sediment toxicity

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0033042144     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620180426     Document Type: Article

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