Potential application of ecological models in the european environmental risk assessment of chemicals I: Review of protection goals in EU directives and regulations

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-337

  Hommen, Udo ^a   Baveco, J M ^b   Galic, Nika ^b   van den Brink, Paul J ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical risk assessment; Data requirements; Ecological model; Protection goals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOALS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954716314     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.69     Document Type: Review

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