Effects of surfactants on the rotifer, Brachionus calyciflorus, in a chronic toxicity test and in the development of QSARs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1051-1058

  Versteeg, Donald J ^a   Stanton, David T ^b   Pence, Michael A ^a   Cowan, Christina ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Freshwater ecosystem; QSAR; Rotifer; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AMINE; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; FRESH WATER; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOSYSTEM; EXPOSURE; HELMINTH; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA; VERMES;

EID: 0030992668     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160527     Document Type: Article

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