Risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in Danube sediments from Hungary

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 273-281

  Gruiz, K ^a   Muranyi A ^b   Molnar M ^a   Horvath B ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Danube sediments; Ecotoxicological tests; Environmental risk assessment; Heavy metal contamination; Sediment quality; Surface water monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

HEAVY METAL; SURFACE WATER;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUNGARY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; VIBRIONACEAE; WATER POLLUTION;

HUNGARY, DANUBE RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 1542393015     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00208-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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