Definition and applications of a versatile chemical pollution footprint methodology

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10588-10597

  Zijp, Michiel C ^a,b   Posthuma, Leo ^a   Van De Meent, Dik ^a,b  

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

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; MIXTURES; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL POLLUTION; CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; PRIORITIZATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; RIVER WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CASE STUDY; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTION FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EC50; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREND STUDY; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924540296     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500629f     Document Type: Article

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