Chemical activity as an integrating concept in environmental assessment and management of contaminants

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-255

  Mackay, Don ^a   Arnot, Jon A ^b   Wania, Frank ^b   Bailey, Robert E ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Bailey Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical activity; Chemical assessment; Chemical management; Mass balance modeling; Monitoring data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

EID: 79954594988     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.139     Document Type: Article

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