Assessing the environmental risks associated with contaminated sites: Definition of an Ecotoxicological Classification index for landfill areas (ECRIS)

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Senese, V ^a   Boriani, E ^a   Baderna, D ^a   Mariani, A ^a   Lodi, M ^a   Finizio, A ^b   Testa, Sergio ^c   Benfenati, E ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Bergamo Pulita SRL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification risk index; Ecotoxicology; Landfill; Leachate; QSAR model; Soil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

CLASSIFICATION INDEX; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; LEACHATES; QSAR MODEL; RISK INDICES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DATA SET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION RISK INDEX FOR SOIL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ITALY; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SCREENING TEST; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 77952665752     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.03.035     Document Type: Article

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