How to measure no effect. Part II: Threshold effects in ecotoxicology

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Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-253

  Van Straalen, Nico M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

feedback; hormesis; NEC; NOEC; thresholds

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICITY TESTING; NO OBSERVED EFFECT CONCENTRATION; THRESHOLD EFFECT;

EID: 0030616539     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199705)8:3<249::AID-ENV245>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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