Acute toxicity of the cationic surfactant C12-benzalkonium in different bioassays: How test design affects bioavailability and effect concentrations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 606-615

  Chen, Yi ^a   Geurts, Marc ^b   Sjollema, Sascha B ^c   Kramer, Nynke I ^a   Hermens, Joop L M ^a   Droge, Steven T J ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Cationic surfactant; Equilibrium partitioning; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; OLIGOCHAETA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84894089604     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2465     Document Type: Article

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