Modelling the Fate of Chemicals in the Environment and the Human Body

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ciffroy, Philippe (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tediosi, Alice (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Capri, Ettore (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 57
• Subjects: Environmental chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Analytical chemistry.; Environmental Chemistry.; Analytical Chemistry.

This volume focuses on modelling the fate of chemicals in the environment and the human body to arrive at an integrated exposure assessment. It covers five broad topics, namely: future challenges in exposure assessment; the evolution of human health and environmental risk assessment; standard docume...

Table of Contents:

• Evolution and future of Human Health and Environmental Risk Assessment
• SWOT analysis of the MERLIN-Expo tool and its relevance in legislation frameworks
• Standard documentation of exposure models - MERLIN-Expo Case Study
• Modelling the fate of chemicals in surface waters
• Modelling the fate of chemicals in the atmosphere
• Modelling the fate of chemicals in soils
• Modelling the fate and transfer of substances discharged into soil unsaturated zones and water tables
• Modelling the fate of chemicals in plants
• Modelling bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms and in mammals
• Modelling the fate of chemicals in humans using a life-time physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model in MERLIN-Expo.