An overview of the development, status, and application of equilibrium partitioning sediment benchmarks for PAH mixtures

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-301

  Driscoll, S B Kane ^a   Burgess, R M ^b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Black carbon; Equilibrium partitioning; Manufactured gas plants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Sediment

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33947430128     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701226707     Document Type: Review

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