Direct toxicity assessment of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon-contaminated groundwater and derivation of a site-specific guideline

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-348

  Hunt, James ^a   Birch, Gavin ^a   Warne, Michael St John ^b   Krassoi, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Ecotox Services Australasia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct toxicity assessment; Groundwater; Hazard assessment; Site specific toxicity; Volatile hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; WATER;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INVERTEBRATES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 68849122289     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-070.1     Document Type: Article

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