Screening level fish community risk assessment of chemical warfare agents in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 846-857

  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

Baltic Sea; Bornholm; Chemical warfare agents; ECOSAR; Fish community; ICE; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

FISH; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BORNHOLM; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; FISH COMMUNITY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CLARK I; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; MUSTARD GAS; PHENARSAZINE CHLORIDE;

FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WEAPON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN DUMPING; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SOFTWARE; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DENMARK; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 43049105795     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.10.117     Document Type: Article

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