The aquatic environment and textile mill effluents - An ecological risk assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 589-606

  Rutherford, Leslie ^a   Garron, Christine ^a   Ernst, William ^a   Kennedy, Kimberley ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plume dispersion; Textile mill effluent; Tiered assessment; Weight of evidence assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342420668     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713609924     Document Type: Review

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