Elimination half-life as a metric for the bioaccumulation potential of chemicals in aquatic and terrestrial food chains

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1663-1671

  Goss, Kai Uwe ^a,b   Brown, Trevor N ^a   Endo, Satoshi ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioconcentration; Biomagnification; Regulatory rule

Indexed keywords

BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; BIOCONCENTRATION; BIOCONCENTRATION TESTS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; REGULATORY RULES; TROPHIC MAGNIFICATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BIOACCUMULATION;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; HALF LIFE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD CHAIN; HALF LIFE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HALF-LIFE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878675869     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2229     Document Type: Article

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