Structure-biodegradability study and computer-automated prediction of aerobic biodegradation of chemicals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1829-1835

  Klopman, Gilles ^a   Tu, Meihua ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Expert system; META; MultiCASE; QSAR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0030793669     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1829:SBSACA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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