A new concept for the environmental risk assessment of poorly water soluble compounds and its application to consumer products

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-378

  Tolls, Johannes ^a   Müller, Martin ^b   Willing, Andreas ^c   Steber, Josef ^d  

^a HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c Department of Intellectual Capital   (Germany)

^d German Cosmetic Toiletry Perfumery and Detergent Association ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Log kow threshold; No effect threshold; Organic chemicals; Water solubility

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

COSMETICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RISK FACTORS; SOLUBILITY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 73449107037     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-067.1     Document Type: Article

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