Bayesian and time-independent species sensitivity distributions for risk assessment of chemicals

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 395-401

  Grist, Eric P M ^a   O'Hagan, Anthony ^b   Crane, Mark ^c   Sorokin, Neal ^d   Sims, Ian ^d   Whitehouse, Paul ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Watts and Crane Associates   (United Kingdom)

^d WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; INSECTICIDES; TOXICITY;

DATA INPUTS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (SSD); TIME-INDEPENDENT SPECIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHLORPYRIFOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LC 50; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CHLORPYRIFOS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FISHES; INSECTICIDES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 30344450041     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050871e     Document Type: Article

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