An application of a decision tree for assessing effects from exposures to multiple substances to the assessment of human and ecological effects from combined exposures to chemicals observed in surface waters and waste water effluents

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Price, Paul ^a   Han, Xianglu ^a   Junghans, Marion ^b   Kunz, Petra ^b   Watts, Chris ^c   Leverett, Dean ^d  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Chris Watts Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d WCA ENVIRONMENT LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicological effects; Human health effects; Maximum cumulative ratio; Mixtures; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DECISION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84887681211     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-24-34     Document Type: Article

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