An indispensable asset at risk: Merits and needs of chemicals-related environmental sciences

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-413

  Schaeffer, Andreas ^a   Hollert, Henner ^a   Ratte, Hans Toni ^a   Roß Nickoll, Martina ^a   Filser, Juliane ^b   Matthies, Michael ^c   Oehlmann, Joerg ^d   Scheringer, Martin ^e   Schulz, Ralf ^f   Seitz, Alfred ^g  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemicals related environmental sciences; Environmental research and teaching; Environmental risk assessment of pollutants

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TEACHING; XENOBIOTICS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RESEARCH;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

EID: 69849091510     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0157-x     Document Type: Article

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