Implications of considering metal bioavailability in estimates of freshwater ecotoxicity: Examination of two case studies

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 774-787

  Gandhi, Nilima ^a   Diamond, Miriam L ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Guinée, Jeroen B ^c   Peijnenburg, Willie J G M ^c,d   Van De Meent, Dik ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambient chemistry; Bioavailability; Comparative toxicity potential (CTP); Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Metals; Speciation complexation

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHARACTERIZATION FACTOR METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODEL; LIMNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAL RECOVERY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052703321     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0317-3     Document Type: Article

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