Determination of water quality standards for chemical mixtures: Extension of a methodology developed for herbicides to a group of insecticides and a group of pharmaceuticals

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 740-748

  Chèvre, Nathalie ^a   Maillard, Emmanuel ^a   Loepfe, Christian ^a   Becker van Slooten, Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Insecticides; Mixture toxicity; Pharmaceuticals; Water policy; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPYRIFOS; DICHLORVOS; DIMPYLATE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; METOPROLOL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PARATHION; PARATHION METHYL; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; LEGISLATION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EUROPE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; MICROALGAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 53049105385     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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