Toxicity test of Nanji Island landfill (Seoul, Korea) leachate using Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryo larval assay

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-90

  Kaur, R ^a   Buckley, B ^a   Park, S S ^b   Kim, Y K ^b   Cooper, K R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PERMANGANATE METHOD; CADMIUM REDUCTION METHOD; DIAZOTIZATION METHOD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EMBRYO LARVAL ASSAY; EMBRYOS; JAPANESE MEDAKA; KJELDAHL DIGESTION; NESSLER METHOD; WINKLER METHOD;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LAND FILL; PH; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KOREA; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KOREA; LARVA; ORYZIAS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

JAPANESE MEDAKA; LANDFILL SITE; LEACHATE; TOXICITY TEST;

KOREA(SOUTH), SEOUL, NANJI ISLAND LANDFILL;

ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 0030176730     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900159     Document Type: Article

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