Revisiting bioaccumulation criteria for POPs and PBT assessments

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 624-637

  Gobas, Frank A P C ^a   De Wolf, Watze ^b   Burkhard, Lawrence P ^c   Verbruggen, Eric ^d   Plotzke, Kathleen ^e  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DuPont Europe   (Belgium)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food web; Models; PBT; Trophic magnification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77249172864     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-089.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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