Exposure modeling on a river basin scale in support of risk assessment for chemicals in European river basins

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Van Gils, Jos ^a   Van Hattum, Bert ^b   Westrich, Bernhard ^c  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Exposure modeling; Risk assessment; River basins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 66149091600     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-041.1     Document Type: Article

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