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Tissue residue approach for chemical mixtures

  1. Scott Dyer1,*,
  2. Michael St J Warne2,
  3. Joseph S Meyer3,
  4. Heather A Leslie4,
  5. Beate I Escher5,6

Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010

DOI: 10.1002/ieam.106

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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Special Issue: Tissue Residue Approach Special Series

Volume 7, Issue 1, pages 99–115, January 2011

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Dyer, S., St J Warne, M., Meyer, J. S., Leslie, H. A. and Escher, B. I. (2011), Tissue residue approach for chemical mixtures. Integr Environ Assess Manag, 7: 99–115. doi: 10.1002/ieam.106

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  1. 1

    Procter & Gamble, 11810 East Miami River Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45201, USA

  2. 2

    Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  3. 3

    Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA and ARCADIS U.S., Inc., Lakewood, Colorado, USA

  4. 4

    Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  5. 5

    Department of Environmental Toxicology (Utox), Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland

  6. 6

    The University of Queensland, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

*Procter & Gamble, 11810 East Miami River Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45201, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 DEC 2010
  2. Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 8 JUL 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 9 JUN 2010
  5. Manuscript Revised: 10 MAR 2010
  6. Manuscript Received: 23 DEC 2009

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