The 'whole-effluent' toxicity approach

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 3-12

  Tišler, Tatjana ^a   Zagorc Končan, Jana ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Algae; Daphnids; Fish; Key toxic chemical; Pharmaceutical wastewater; Tannery wastewater; Toxic unit; Vibrio fischeri; Wastewater from chemical factory; Whole effluent toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; FISH; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

CHEMICAL FACTORY; DAPHNIDS; KEY TOXIC CHEMICALS; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; TANNERY WASTEWATER; TOXIC UNITS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WHOLE-EFFLUENT TOXICITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; SULFIDE; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; DAPHNIIDAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 38649106423     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2007.015658     Document Type: Article

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