Comparison of modeling approaches to prioritize chemicals based on estimates of exposure and exposure potential

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 555-567

  Mitchell, Jade ^a   Arnot, Jon A ^b   Jolliet, Olivier ^c   Georgopoulos, Panos G ^d   Isukapalli, Sastry ^d   Dasgupta, Surajit ^e   Pandian, Muhilan ^f   Wambaugh, John ^a   Egeghy, Peter ^a   Cohen Hubal, Elaine A ^a   Vallero, Daniel A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VERSAR INC   (United States)

^f Infoscientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Expocast; Exposure; Modeling; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY; EXPOCAST; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ESTIMATES; EXPOSURE POTENTIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT DATA; PRIORITIZATION;

CHEMICALS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MODELS; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL HAZARDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MODELING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DATABASES, CHEMICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84878210353     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.051     Document Type: Article

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