Nano silver and nano zinc-oxide in surface waters – Exposure estimation for Europe at high spatial and temporal resolution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 341-349

  Dumont, Egon ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Keller, Virginie D J ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineered nano particles; EU; Exposure modeling; Hydrological modeling; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; ZINC OXIDE;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; EXPOSURE ESTIMATION; EXPOSURE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NANO-PARTICLE PRODUCTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT EFFICIENCIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; FRESH WATER; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANT; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NANOPARTICLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SILVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; LAKE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SIMULATION; WEATHER; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; RIVERS; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84961535224     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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