A decade of research on the environmental impacts of pulp and paper mill effluents in Canada: Sources and characteristics of bioactive substances

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-356

  Hewitt, L Mark ^a   Parrott, Joanne L ^a   McMaster, Mark E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DIOXIN; ENZYME; FISH PROTEIN; LIGNIN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; TERPENOID;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WASTE WATER; WOOD; ANIMAL; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PAPER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; PAPER; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33745233501     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500195976     Document Type: Review

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