Correlation between physicochemical and ecotoxicological approaches to estimate landfill leachates toxicity

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1841-1847

  Pablos, M V ^a   Martini, F ^a   Fernandez C ^a   Babin M M ^a   Herraez, I ^b   Miranda, J ^b   Martinez J ^b   Carbonell, G ^a   San Segundo, L ^a   Garcia Hortiguela P ^a   Tarazona, J V ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; AQUATIC ACUTE TOXICITY; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CORRELATION FACTORS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FALSE NEGATIVES; FISH CELLS; IN-VITRO; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHATES; MONITORING METHODS; MSW LANDFILLS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STRONG CORRELATION; TEST BATTERIES; TOXIC SUBSTANCES; TOXICITY ASSAYS; TOXICITY TEST; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALKALINITY; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; TESTING; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FISH; IN VITRO STUDY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CHLORIDES; CITIES; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79958256660     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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