Chronic effects of vapour phase di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) on six plant species

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 911-920

  Dueck, Th A ^a   Van Dijk, C J ^a   David, F ^b   Scholz, N ^c   Vanwalleghem, F ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Research Institute for Chromatography   (Belgium)

^c Oxeno Olefinchemie GmbH   (Germany)

^d ECPI   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Di butyl phthalate (DBP); Fumigation; NOEC; Phytotoxicity; Risk assessment; Vapour phase

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRAPOLATION; FUMIGATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHRONIC EFFECTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FUMIGATION; PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHINESE CABBAGE; FLORA; HOLCUS; LEAF GROWTH; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANTAGO; PREDICTION; VAPOR; WHITE CLOVER; AIR POLLUTION; ANGIOSPERM; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABIES; BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA RAPA; HOLCUS LANATUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PICEA ABIES; PLANTAGO MAJOR; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

AIR POLLUTION; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOMASS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; EUROPE; FUMIGATION; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT LEAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0642279692     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00580-0     Document Type: Article

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