Emerging contaminants in the environment: Risk-based analysis for better management

Chemosphere

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 350-357

  Naidu, Ravi ^a,b   Arias Espana, Victor Andres ^a   Liu, Yanju ^a   Jit, Joytishna ^b  

^a Callaghan   (Australia)

^b University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; Management; Risk based analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH RISKS; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; EMERGING CONTAMINANT (ECS); NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; RISK-BASED; TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; NATURAL RESOURCE; PESTICIDE; PPCP; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; TOXICOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

PESTICIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84962422681     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.068     Document Type: Article

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