Priority and emerging flame retardants in rivers: Occurrence in water and sediment, Daphnia magna toxicity and risk assessment

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 232-243

  Cristale, Joyce ^a   García Vázquez, Alejandro ^a,b   Barata, Carlos ^a   Lacorte, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

D. magna toxicity; New brominated flame retardants; Organophosphate flame retardant; PBDE; Risk assessment; River

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EMERGING FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS; PBDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

TOXICITY;

BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RIVER WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84880140875     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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