Prioritisation of organic contaminants in a river basin using chemical analyses and bioassays

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1384-1395

  Smital, Tvrtko ^a   Terzić, Senka ^a   Lončar, Jovica ^a   Senta, Ivan ^a   Žaja, Roko ^a   Popović, Marta ^a   Mikac, Iva ^a   Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^b,c   Thomas, Kevin V ^b   Ahel, Marijan ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioassays; GC MS; Integrated assessment; LC MS; Priority contaminants; River basin

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITIZATION; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY TEST;

CROATIA; SAVA RIVER;

EID: 84874319542     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1059-x     Document Type: Article

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