Bioaccumulation assessment using predictive approaches

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 577-597

  Nichols, John W ^a   Bonnell, Mark ^b   Dimitrov, Sabcho D ^c   Escher, Beate I ^d   Han, Xing ^e   Kramer, Nynke I ^f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c University Professor Assen Zlatarov   (United Kingdom)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorption; Bioaccumulation assessment; In vitro in vivo extrapolation; Metabolism; QSAR modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77249176303     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM-2008-088.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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