Investigations into using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans for municipal and industrial wastewater toxicity testing

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-260

  Hitchcock, D R ^a   Black, M C ^a   Williams, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GEORGIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; TOXICITY TESTS; URBAN HEALTH; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0030696128     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900251     Document Type: Article

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