Physicochemical properties and aquatic toxicity of poly- and perfluorinated compounds

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 598-678

  Ding, Guanghui ^a,b   Peijnenburg, Willie J G M ^b,c  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Physicochemical properties; Polyand perfluorinated compounds

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN BEING; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLY- AND PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL RISKS;

TOXICITY;

OCTANOL; ORGANIC CARBON; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DATA SET; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ACID DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; AIR; ALGA; AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC TOXICITY; BACTERIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CLADOCERA; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FISH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; TITRIMETRY; TOXICITY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84892483168     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2011.627016     Document Type: Review

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