An integrated case study for evaluating the impacts of an oil refinery effluent on aquatic biota in the Delaware River: Introduction, study approach, and objectives

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-656

  Hall Jr , Lenwood W ^a   Burton, Dennis T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware River; PAHs; Refinery effluent; Triad studies

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA;

EID: 24944485117     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030591008710     Document Type: Article

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