Environmental risk assessment for quaternary ammonium compounds: A case study from Austria

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Grillitsch, Britta ^a   Gans, Oliver ^b   Kreuzinger, N ^c   Scharf, S ^b   Uhl, M ^b   Fuerhacker, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Quaternary ammonium compounds; Risk assessment; Wastewater treatment; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECT; NON-TARGET ORGANISIMS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOCIDES; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCIDES; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC SPECIES; AUSTRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846568061     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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