Environmental risk assessment of ivermectin: A case study

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 567-587

  Liebig, Markus ^a   Fernandez, Álvaro Alonso ^b   Blübaum Gronau, Elke ^c   Boxall, Alistair ^d   Brinke, Marvin ^e   Carbonell, Gregoria ^b   Egeler, Hilipp ^a   Fenner, Kathrin ^f,g   Fernandez, Carlos ^b   Fink, Guido ^c   Garric, Jeanne ^h   Halling Sørensen, Bent ⁱ   Knacker, Thomas ^a   Krogh, Kristine A ⁱ   Küster, Anette ^j   Dirk Loffler ^c   Cots, Miguel Ángel Porcel ^b   Pope, Louise ^d   Prasse, Carsten ^c   Römbke, Jörg ^a   Rönnefahrt, Ines ^j   Schneider, Manuel K ^f   Schweitzer, Natascha ^a   Tarazona, José V ^b   Ternes, Thomas A ^c   Traunspurger, Walter ^e   Wehrhan, Anne ^j   Duisy, Karen ^a   more..

^a ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Fate and effects assessment; Parasiticides; Tiered approach; Veterinary pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; IVERMECTIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77955553592     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.96     Document Type: Article

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