Environmental risk assessment: A critical approach of the European TGD in an in situ application

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 291-300

  Guerit I ^a   Bocquene G ^a   James, A ^a,b   Thybaud, E ^b   Minier, C ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Chemical risk assessment; Diuron; Estuaries; Technical guidance document; The Seine River

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; DIURON;

ATRAZINE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; EUROPE; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER;

ATRAZINE; DIURON; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HERBICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349112316     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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