The effects of near ultraviolet radiation on the toxic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in animals and plants: A review

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-24

  Arfsten, Darryl P ^a,b   Schaeffer, David J ^b   Mulveny, Daniel C ^a  

^a Karch and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AQUATIC FAUNA; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA;

PAH; PHOTOTOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029662671     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.0001     Document Type: Review

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