Single-substance and mixture toxicity of five pharmaceuticals and personal care products to marine periphyton communities

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2030-2040

  Backhaus, Thomas ^a   Porsbring, Tobias ^a   Arrhenius, Åsa ^a   Brosche, Sara ^a   Johansson, Per ^a   Blanck, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community ecotoxicology; Concentration addition; Independent action; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION ADDITION; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; FLUOXETINE; HORMESIS; INDEPENDENT ACTION; MIXTURE CONCEPT; MIXTURE EFFECTS; MIXTURE EXPERIMENT; MIXTURE TOXICITY; PERIPHYTON COMMUNITY; PERIPHYTONS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STIMULATING EFFECTS; TRICLOSAN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MIXTURES; ZINC;

TOXICITY;

CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUOXETINE; PROPRANOLOL; PYRITHIONE ZINC;

ANTAGONISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA; PERIPHYTON; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMESIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUOXETINE; MICROALGAE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROPRANOLOL; PYRIDINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIONES; TRICLOSAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 80054733988     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.586     Document Type: Article

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