Mode of action and aquatic exposure thresholds of no concern

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 479-485

  De Wolf, Watze ^a   Siebel Sauer, Angela ^b   Lecloux, Andre ^c   Koch, Volker ^d   Holt, Martin ^e   Feijtel, Tom ^f   Comber, Mike ^g   Boeije, Geert ^f  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c Envicat Consulting   (Belgium)

^d CLARIANT PRODUKTE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^e Europ Ctr Ecotoxicology T   (Belgium)

^f PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^g EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater systems; Organic chemicals; Risk assessment; Threshold value; Toxicological concern

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLDS; TOXICOLOGY;

TOXICITY;

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; ACROLEIN; FENTHION; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACHLOROBENZENE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DATA BASE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; DATABASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12344274500     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-133R.1     Document Type: Article

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