Confronting unknown planetary boundary threats from chemical pollution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12619-12622

  Persson, Linn M ^a,b   Breitholtz, Magnus ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^b   De Wit, Cynthia A ^b   MacLeod, Matthew ^b   McLachlan, Michael S ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHEMICAL AGENT; FOSSIL FUEL; HALOCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATOSPHERE; ANALYSIS;

EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

EID: 84888235750     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402501c     Document Type: Article

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