Problems faced when evaluating the bioaccumulation potential of substances under REACH

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 550-558

  Ehrlich, Gunnar ^a   Jöhncke, Ulrich ^a   Drost, Wiebke ^a   Schulte, Christoph ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation assessment; Bioconcentration; Biomagnification; Fish feeding study; REACH regulation

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEGAL ASPECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ISOTOPE LABELING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 84857400955     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.190     Document Type: Article

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