A preliminary assessment of the potential environmental and human health impact of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine as a result of space activities

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1108-1116

  Carlsen, Lars ^a   Kenesova, Olga A ^b   Batyrbekova, Svetlana E ^b  

^a Awareness Center Roskilde   (Denmark)

^b AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

1,1 Dimethyl hydrazine; Environmental chemistry; Environmental health; Human health; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; MUTAGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DIMETHYL HYDRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH;

HERBICIDES;

1,1 DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; PROPELLANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; HERBICIDES; MUTAGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUEL; HEALTH RISK; MUTAGENICITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 33846798153     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.11.046     Document Type: Article

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