The conceptual imperfection of aquatic risk assessment tests: Highlighting the need for tests designed to detect therapeutic effects of pharmaceutical contaminants

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Klaminder, J ^a   Jonsson, M ^a   Fick, J ^a   Sundelin, A ^a   Brodin, T ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

benzodiazepines; contamination; ecotoxicology; Eurasian perch; risk assessment; therapeutic effects

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AQUATIC RISK ASSESSMENT; BENZODIAZEPINES; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS; EURASIAN PERCH; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAMINANTS; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HATCHING; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 84907702190     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084003     Document Type: Article

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