A modeling assessment of the physicochemical properties and environmental fate of emerging and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 981-991

  Gomis, Melissa Ines ^a   Wang, Zhanyun ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; Fluorinated alternative; Hazard assessment; In silico tool; PFOA; PFOS

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUORINATED ALTERNATIVE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IN-SILICO; PFOA; PFOS;

PERFLUOROALKANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACID; POLYFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; FLUOROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUORINE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODELING; OECD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORINATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84909953056     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.062     Document Type: Article

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