Accounting for the dissociating properties of organic chemicals in LCIA: An uncertainty analysis applied to micropollutants in the assessment of freshwater ecotoxicity

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 248-249, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 461-468

  Morais, Sérgio Alberto ^a,b   Delerue Matos, Cristina ^b   Gabarrell, Xavier ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dissociating organics; Freshwater ecotoxicity; LCA; Micropollutants; Risk assessment; USEtox

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICITY; LCA; MICROPOLLUTANTS; ORGANICS; USETOX;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SORPTION; WATER;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATENOLOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; NAPROXEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MOBILITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOCIATION; ECOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER ECOTOXICITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84874371385     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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