Good modeling practice guidelines for applying multimedia models in chemical assessments

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-708

  Buser, Andreas M ^a   MacLeod, Matthew ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Mackay, Don ^c   Bonnell, Mark ^d   Russell, H Russell ^e   DePinto, Joseph V ^f   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^f LimnoTech   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Good practice; Hazard assessment; Industrial chemicals; Modeling; Multimedia models; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; POLLUTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MULTIMEDIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84874139111     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1299     Document Type: Article

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