Risk assessment of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in Japan based on the first market basket study and species sensitivity distributions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 859-866

  Iino, Fukuya ^a,c   Takasuga, Takumi ^b   Senthilkumar, Kurunthachalam ^b   Nakamura, Naoki ^a   Nakanishi, Junko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Shimadzu Techno Research   (Japan)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKING FLUID PRESSURE INDICATORS;

MARKET BASKET STUDY; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT-LEVEL (NOAEL); NO-OBSERVED-EFFECT-CONCENTRATIONS (NOEC); SHORT-CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFINS (SCCPS);

PARAFFINS;

FLAME RETARDANT; METAL; PARAFFIN; PLASTIC; RIVER WATER; SHORT CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; JAPAN; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PARAFFIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 13544270785     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049221l     Document Type: Article

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