Erratum: Environmental Safety of the Use of Major Surfactant Classes in North America (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (2015) 47:17 (1893-1993) DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2013.803777);Environmental safety of the use of major surfactant classes in North America

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1893-1993

  Cowan Ellsberry, Christina ^a   Belanger, Scott ^b   Dorn, Philip ^c   Dyer, Scott ^b   Mcavoy, Drew ^d   Sanderson, Hans ^e   Versteeg, Donald ^b   Ferrer, Darci ^f   Stanton, Kathleen ^f  

^a CE Consulting LLC   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c Westhollow Technology Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f American Cleaning Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ecotoxicity; environmental exposure; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CLEANING; FEEDSTOCKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE; ALCOHOL ETHOXYSULFATE; ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; ALKYLETHOXYLATE; ALKYLETHOXYSULFATE; ALKYLSULFATE; ETHYL SULFATE; LONG CHAIN ALCOHOL; SURFACE WATER; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; DATA SET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACTANT; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAUNDRY; LC 50; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OIL INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SEWER; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLUBILITY; SULFONATION; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84904338711     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2015.1069050     Document Type: Erratum

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