Bioaccumulation of organic contaminants in humans: A multimedia perspective and the importance of biotransformation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 197-202

  McLachlan, Michael S ^a   Czub, Gertje ^a   Macleod, Matthew ^b   Arnot, Jon A ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANICS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HEALTH RISKS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; RATE CONSTANTS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITIONING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; MULTIMEDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ADULT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78650689897     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101000w     Document Type: Article

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