Probabilistic environmental risk assessment of zinc in Dutch surface waters

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2993-3002

  Van Sprang, Patrick A ^a   Verdonck, Frederik A M ^a,b   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^b   Vangheluwe, Marnix L ^a   Janssen, Colin R ^b  

^a EURAS Belgium   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Probabilistic risk assessment; Species sensitivity distribution; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION (EU); PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS (PEC);

SURFACE WATERS;

SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10044224505     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-444.1     Document Type: Article

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