Estimating surface water concentrations of "down-the-drain" chemicals in China using a global model

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 165, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-240

  Whelan, M J ^a   Hodges, J E N ^b   Williams, R J ^c   Keller, V D J ^c   Price, O R ^b   Li, M ^a,d  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical; China; Exposure; Global; Model

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LOAD; CHEMICAL LOSS; CHINA; DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA; DILUTION FACTORS; DOMESTIC WATER; EXPOSURE; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FLOW DIRECTION; GLOBAL; GLOBAL MODELS; GRID-BASED; HOTSPOTS; PER CAPITA; POPULATION DENSITIES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE USE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER EXPOSURE;

CHEMICALS; MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SURFACE WATERS;

SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84859757209     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.10.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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