Synergistic toxicity of atrazine and organophosphate insecticides contravenes the response addition mixture model

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2415-2420

  Pape Lindstrom, Pamela A ^a   Lydy, Michael J ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Mixtures; Organophosphates; Response addition model; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL; PESTICIDE;

ATRAZINE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; RESPONSE ADDITION MIXTURE MODEL; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; INSECTA;

EID: 0030874507     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2415:STOAAO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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