Assessment of the aquatic and terrestrial toxicity of five biodegradable polymers

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-210

  Arfsten, Darryl P ^a   Burton, Dennis T ^b   Fisher, Daniel J ^b   Callahan, John ^c   Wilson, Cody L ^d   Still, Kenneth R ^d   Spargo, Barry J ^c  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 2   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Biodegradable; Plants; Polymer; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY(BETA HYDROXYVALERATE); POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODEGRADATION; PLANT; POLYMER; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICITY; LC 50; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT GROWTH; SHOOT GROWTH; SOIL POLLUTION; TURNIP; WATER POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0742269706     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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