PBT screening profile of chemical warfare agents (CWAs)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 210-215

  Sanderson, Hans ^a   Fauser, Patrik ^a   Thomsen, Marianne ^a   Sørensen, Peter B ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

(Q)SAR; Chemical weapon agents; Environmental toxicity; EU TGD; Marine toxicity

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL WEAPON AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY; MARINE TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL WARFARE;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; MUSTARD GAS; NITROGEN; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; SARIN; SOMAN; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL WARFARE; HYDROLYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TOXICITY;

ARSENATE; CHEMICAL WEAPON; DATA MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HYDROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HYDROLYSIS; MUSTARD GAS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 34547684648     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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