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Environmental fate models

The distribution of chemicals between the different compartments of the biosphere is governed by various processes (Figure).



Environment fate models allow to estimate the environmental distribution of xenobiotics and to calculate their concentration in each compartment.

Selected references

- Devillers, J., Bintein, S. & Domine, D. (1997). Modeling the environmental fate of atrazine. SAR QSAR Environ. Res. 6, 63-79.

- Bintein, S. & Devillers, J. (1996). Evaluating the environmental fate of lindane in France. Chemosphere 32, 2427-2440. (pdf)

- Devillers, J., Bintein, S. & Karcher, W. (1995). CHEMFRANCE: A regional level III fugacity model applied to France. Chemosphere 30, 457-576. (pdf)