A method for evaluating mechanistic aspects of chemical mixture toxicity

Toxicology Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-278

  Dawson, Douglas A ^a   Pöch, Gerald ^b  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Concentration response; Dose addition; Independence; Mechanism of action; Osteolathyrism; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000174527     PISSN: 10517235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105172397243051     Document Type: Article

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