Efforts to standardize wildlife toxicity values remain unrealized

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-123

  Mayfield, David B ^a   Fairbrother, Anne ^b  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco SSL; Ecological risk assessment; Toxicity reference value; TRV; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNCERTAINTY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878419868     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1357     Document Type: Article

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