Estimating biodegradation half-lives for use in chemical screening

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1953-1960

  Aronson, Dallas ^a   Boethling, Robert ^b   Howard, Philip ^a   Stiteler, William ^a  

^a SYRACUSE RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

BIOWIN ; Environmental fate; EPI Suite ; Fugacity models; High production volume (HPV) chemicals

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SOILS;

BIOWIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EPI SUITE; FUGACITY MODELS; HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUME (HPV) CHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SOILS;

BIODEGRADATION; HALF LIFE; SOIL; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33646494836     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.044     Document Type: Article

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