Evaluating the hazards of harmful substances carried by ships: The role of GESAMP and its EHS working group

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 329-350

  Wells, P O ^a   Hofer T ^b   Nauke, M ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Fed Inst Hlth Protect Consumers   (Germany)

^c International Maritime Organization   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical guidelines; Ecotoxicology; Hazard evaluation; Marine environmental protection; Marine pollution; MARPOL Convention; Shipping; Toxicology; United Nations

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPPING; WASTE TRANSPORT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SHIPPING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SHIPS; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED NATIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 17744416588     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00147-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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