Baltic Sea hazardous substances management: Results and challenges

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Selin, Henrik ^a   VanDeveer, Stacy D ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0742334091     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.3.153     Document Type: Article

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62. Research for this article was supported by the Swedish research program New Strategy for Risk Management of Chemicals (NewS) and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the kind and extensive help given by the Project Leader of the HELCOM Hazardous Project Team, Christine Füll, and HELCOM official Kaj Forsius. Research assistance and comments on earlier drafts have also been given by Gunnar Bengtsson, Stephen Blinn, Noëlle Eckley, Margareta Stackerud, Eda Andresmaa, and Jana Simanovska. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the authors.
63. First submitted 17 Febr. 2003. Revised manuscript received 25 May 2003. Accepted for publication 26 May 2003.