Use of plant and earthworm bioassays to evaluate remediation of soil from a site contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 928-938

  Meier, John R ^a   Chang, Lina W ^a   Jacobs, Scott ^b   Torsella, Joni ^c   Meckes, Mark C ^d   Smith, M Kate ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DynCorp   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Genotoxicity; Isopropanol; Phytotoxicity; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; GENOTOXICITY; LARVA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SOIL TREATMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALLIUM CEPA; AVENA; EISENIA FETIDA; LACTUCA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030917399     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160512     Document Type: Article

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