Probabilistic ecological risk assessment of OCPs, PCBs, and DLCs in the Haihe River, China

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 1307-1317

  Wang, Bin ^a,b   Yu, Gang ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Wang, Tai ^a   Hu, Hongying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DDTs; DLCs; Ecological risk assessment; HCHs; Joint probability curve; Monte Carlo based HQ distribution; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants; The Haihe River

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LUCIFERASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIOXINS; ECOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955902047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.126     Document Type: Article

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