Modeling and prediction by using whim descriptors in QSAR studies: Toxicity of heterogeneous chemicals on Daphnia magna

Chemosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1527-1545

  Todeschini, R ^a   Vighi, M ^a   Provenzani, R ^a   Finizio, A ^b   Gramatica, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DAPHNIA; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; WHIM;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0029663950     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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