Biomarkers and integrated environmental risk assessment: Are there more questions than answers?

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 312-329

  Hagger, Josephine A ^a   Jones, Malcolm B ^a   Leonard, D R Paul ^b   Owen, Richard ^c   Galloway, Tamara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Directive; Environmental risk assessment; Framework; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 39049194397     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.5630020403     Document Type: Review

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