Ecotoxicity and screening level ecotoxicological risk assessment of five antimicrobial agents: Triclosan, triclocarban, resorcinol, phenoxyethanol and p-thymol

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1222-1229

  Tamura, Ikumi ^a   Kagota, Kei Ichiro ^a   Yasuda, Yusuke ^a   Yoneda, Saori ^a   Morita, Junpei ^a   Nakada, Norihide ^b   Kameda, Yutaka ^c   Kimura, Kumiko ^d   Tatarazako, Norihisa ^e   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Center for Environmental Sciences in Saitama   (Japan)

^d National Institute of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Ecological risk; Ecotoxicity; Green algae; Phenoxyethanol; Triclocarban; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

2 PHENOXYETHANOL; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; COSMETIC; RESORCINOL; THYMOL; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBANILIDE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEWAGE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATERSHED; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARBANILIDES; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; RESORCINOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYMOL; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; TRICLOSAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884702561     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2771     Document Type: Article

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