Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Webster, Eva Marie, Thesis advisor (ths): Ellis, David A, Degree committee member (dgc): Harner, Tom, Degree committee member (dgc): Hintelmann, Holger, Degree committee member (dgc): Koprivnjak, Jean-François, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Ionizing organic chemicals are recognized as constituting a large fraction of the organic chemicals of commerce. Many governments internationally are engaged in the time-consuming and expensive task of chemical risk assessment for the protection of human and environmental health. There are standard models that are consistently used to supplement experimental and monitoring data in such… more Full Text: EQUILIBRIA AND DISTRIBUTION MODELS OF IONIZING ORGANIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …