Wildlife ecological screening levels for inhalation of volatile organic chemicals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1299-1303

  Gallegos, Patricia ^a   Lutz, Jill ^b   Markwiese, James ^a   Ryti, Randall ^a   Mirenda, Rich ^c  

^a Neptune and Company Inc   (United States)

^b Environmental Health Associates   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessments; Ecological screening levels; Inhalation; Toxicity reference values; Volatile organic chemicals

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENTS; ECOLOGICAL SCREENING LEVELS (ESL); TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES; VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (VOC);

ECOLOGY;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; ACETONE; BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; DICHLOROETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHYL CHLORIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE; VOLATILE AGENT; XYLENE;

POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; TOXICITY TEST; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; INHALATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; TOXICITY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOLOGY; GOPHERS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

GEOMYIDAE; THOMOMYS BOTTAE;

EID: 34250652969     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-233R.1     Document Type: Article

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