A decade of research on the environmental impacts of pulp and paper mill effluents in Canada: Field studies and mechanistic research

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

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-339

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

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CANADA; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELD STUDY; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLICY; PULP MILL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY; WASTE WATER; METHODOLOGY; PAPER; RESEARCH; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; RESEARCH; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33745263743     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500195869     Document Type: Review

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