New PEC definitions for river basins applicable to GIS-based environmental exposure assessment

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-265

  Boeije, Geert M ^a   Wagner, Jan Oliver ^b   Koormann, Frank ^b   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a   Schowanek, Diederik R ^c   Feijtel, Tom C J ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; GIS; GREAT ER; Predicted Environmental Concentration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER BASIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033957532     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00243-X     Document Type: Article

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