Tissue-based risk assessment of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1911-1919

  Redman, Aaron D ^a   Mihaich, Ellen ^b   Woodburn, Kent ^c   Paquin, Paul ^a   Powell, David ^c   Mcgrath, Joy A ^a   Di Toro, Dominic M ^d  

^a HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^b Environmental and Regulatory Resources   (United States)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes; Tissue based risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CHRONIC EFFECTS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CYCLIC VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EMISSION LEVEL; FIELD DATA; FOOD CHAIN MODEL; LIPID BODIES; LIPID MODEL; NON-POLAR; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TISSUE RESIDUE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FISH; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

TISSUE;

CYCLIC VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DECISION MAKING; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL TARGET LIPID BODY BURDEN; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; LAW; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICITY;

AMINOBENZOATES; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILOXANES; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863995798     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1900     Document Type: Article

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