Understanding quantitative structure-property relationships uncertainty in environmental fate modeling

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1069-1076

  Sarfraz Iqbal, M ^a   Golsteijn, Laura ^b   Öberg, Tomas ^a   Sahlin, Ullrika ^a   Papa, Ester ^c   Kovarich, Simona ^c   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Applicability domain; Fate assessment; Nontesting strategy; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

APPLICABILITY DOMAIN; FATE ASSESSMENT; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT POTENTIALS; NONTESTING STRATEGY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP; UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION; FORECASTING; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOLYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PBDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; RELIABILITY; SOLUBILITY; UNCERTAINTY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALF-LIFE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84876412109     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2167     Document Type: Article

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