Improving emissions estimates of home and personal care products ingredients for use in EU risk assessments

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-684

  Price, Oliver R ^a   Hughes, Gregory O ^b   Roche, Nicola L ^a   Mason, Paul J ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emission estimates; Exposure assessments; REACh

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952202130     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.88     Document Type: Article

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