Toxicity assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from European high mountain lakes

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-564

  Quiroz, Roberto ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Fernández, Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity to AhR binding; Estrogenic effects; High mountain lakes; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment quality guidelines; Toxic effects; Toxic equivalent factors

Indexed keywords

ACEPHENANTHRYLENE; ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZ[AH]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; TRIPHENYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; THRESHOLD; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EUROPE; LAKE SEDIMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CARPATHIANS; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77951652507     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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