Calculation of environmental concentration and comparison of output for existing chemicals using regional multimedia modeling

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1154-1164

  Kawamoto, Katsuya ^a   Park, Kyong A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Existing chemicals; Exposure; Multimedia model; Prediction; PRTR

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EXISTING CHEMICALS; EXPOSURE; MULTIMEDIA MODELS; PREDICTIONS; PRTR;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; VOLATILE AGENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WATER UPTAKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33646162453     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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