Tiered aquatic ecological risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides and their mixture in Jiangsu reach of Huaihe River, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 29-42

  Wang, Bin ^a   Yu, Gang ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Hu, Hongying ^a   Yu, Yajuan ^b   Wang, Liansheng ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hazard quotient; Huaihe River; Joint probability curve; Monte Carlo; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENDOSULFANS; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HUAIHE RIVER; JOINT PROBABILITY; JOINT PROBABILITY CURVE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POTENTIAL RISKS; TRICHLOROETHANE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; INSECTICIDES; MIXTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUAI RIVER;

EID: 70349250077     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0512-2     Document Type: Article

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