Integrated approach for hazard assessment of metals and inorganic metal substances: The unit world model approach

Assessing the Hazard of Metals and Inorganic Metal Substances in Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 11-54

  Peters, Adam ^a   Adams, William J ^b   Diamond, Miriam L ^c   Davison, William ^d   Di Toro, Dominic M ^e   Doyle, Patrick J ^f   Macka, Donald ^g   Nriagu, Jerome ^h   Ptacek, Carol ⁱ   Skeaff, James M ^j   Tipping, Edward ^k   Waeterschoot, Hugo ^l  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b RIO TINTO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Hydroqual Englewood   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^j NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^k CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^l Eurometaux   (Belgium)

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