Multimedia modeling of human exposure to chemical substances: Theroles of food web biomagnification and biotransformation

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Arnot, Jon A ^a   Mackay, Don ^a   Parkerton, Thomas F ^b   Zaleski, Rosemary T ^b   Warren, Christopher S ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Body burdens; Human exposure; Intake fractions; Multimedia modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; MAMMALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; DAILY INTAKE; EMISSION SCENARIO; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD WEBS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INTAKE FRACTION; INTAKE FRACTION (IF); MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL SELECTION; MULTIMEDIA MODELING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRIORITY SETTING;

BIOCONVERSION;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PETROCHEMICAL AGENT; 2,2,4,6,6-PENTAMETHYLHEPTANE; HEPTANE; LINDANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD WEB; MULTIMEDIA; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRD; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMAL; METRIC SYSTEM; MULTIMEDIA; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT IDENTIFICATION AND RANKING MODEL; STEADY STATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; TOXICITY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; HEPTANES; HUMANS; LINDANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIMEDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77952253597     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.15     Document Type: Article

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