Rationale and procedures for using the tissue-residue approach for toxicity assessment and determination of tissue, water, and sediment quality guidelines for aquatic organisms

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1018-1073

  Meador, James ^a,b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CBR; Guidelines; Mixtures; Tissue residue toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750399970     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030600801535     Document Type: Review

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