PMID- 23524177
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130830
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 178
DP  - 2013 Jul
TI  - Fuzzy model for risk assessment of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic 
      ecosystems.
PG  - 23-32
LID - S0269-7491(13)00080-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.014 [doi]
AB  - We developed a model for evaluating the environmental risk of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) to aquatic organisms. The model is based on fuzzy theory and 
      uses information provided by international experts through a questionnaire. It 
      has been tested in two case studies for a particular type of POPs: brominated 
      flame retardants (BFRs). The first case study is related to the EU-funded 
      AQUATERRA project, with sampling campaigns carried out in two Ebro tributaries in 
      Spain (the Cinca and Vero Rivers). The second one, named the BROMACUA project, 
      assessed different aquatic ecosystems in Chile (San Vicente Bay) and Colombia 
      (Santa Marta Marsh). In both projects, the BFRs under study were polybrominated 
      diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). However, the model can 
      be extrapolated to other POPs and to different aquatic ecosystems to provide 
      useful results for decision-makers.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Segui, X
AU  - Segui X
AD  - CERTEC, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 
      ETSEIB, Avinguda Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Pujolasus, E
AU  - Pujolasus E
FAU - Betro, S
AU  - Betro S
FAU - Agueda, A
AU  - Agueda A
FAU - Casal, J
AU  - Casal J
FAU - Ocampo-Duque, W
AU  - Ocampo-Duque W
FAU - Rudolph, I
AU  - Rudolph I
FAU - Barra, R
AU  - Barra R
FAU - Paez, M
AU  - Paez M
FAU - Baron, E
AU  - Baron E
FAU - Eljarrat, E
AU  - Eljarrat E
FAU - Barcelo, D
AU  - Barcelo D
FAU - Darbra, R M
AU  - Darbra RM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130320
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 5I9835JO3M (hexabromocyclododecane)
SB  - IM
MH  - Chile
MH  - Colombia
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Flame Retardants/analysis
MH  - Fuzzy Logic
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/analysis
MH  - *Models, Chemical
MH  - Risk Assessment/methods
MH  - Spain
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollution, Chemical/*statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2013/03/26 06:00
MHDA- 2013/08/31 06:00
CRDT- 2013/03/26 06:00
PHST- 2012/07/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/01/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/02/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/03/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/31 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0269-7491(13)00080-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.014 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2013 Jul;178:23-32. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.014. Epub 2013 
      Mar 20.