Toxicity of human pharmaceuticals and personal care products to benthic invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-432

  Dussault, Éve B ^a   Balakrishnan, Vimal K ^b   Sverko, Ed ^b   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Sibley, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; TOXICITY;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS;

ANIMALS;

ATORVASTATIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; TRICLOSAN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HORMONE; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TEST;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CALCULATION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; PYRROLES; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 42449152383     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-354R.1     Document Type: Article

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