Predicting accurate and ecologically relevant regional scale concentrations of triclosan in rivers for use in higher-tier aquatic risk assessments

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 521-526

  Price, Oliver R ^a   Williams, Richard J ^b   van Egmond, Roger ^a   Wilkinson, Mark J ^c   Whelan, Michael J ^d  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure estimates; Ionisable; Monitoring; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUATIC RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE ESTIMATES; IONISABLE; MONITORING PROGRAMME; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; TRICLOSAN; WATER QUALITY MODELING;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRICLOSAN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EFFLUENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; TOXICITY TEST; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IONIZATION; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953622226     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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