Spatio-temporal distributions and the ecological and health risks of phthalate esters (PAEs) in the surface water of a large, shallow Chinese lake

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 672-680

  He, Wei ^a   Qin, Ning ^a   Kong, Xiangzhen ^a   Liu, Wenxiu ^a   He, Qishuang ^a   Ouyang, Huiling ^a   Yang, Chen ^a   Jiang, Yujiao ^a   Wang, Qingmei ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Xu, Fuliu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lake Chaohu; Phthalate esters; Risk assessment; Spatio temporal distributions; Species sensitivity distribution

Indexed keywords

DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; LAKE CHAOHU; MARGIN OF SAFETY; PHTHALATE ESTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ECOLOGY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LAKES;

DRINKING WATER; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; SURFACE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PHTHALATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAKE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKE CHAOHU; PHTHALATE ESTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION;

BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTERS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LAKES; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANHUI; CHAOHU LAKE; CHINA;

EID: 84879242830     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.049     Document Type: Article

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