Reference toxicants for toxicity testing using Caenorhabditis elegans in aquatic media

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1317, Issue , 1997, Pages 518-532

  Cressman III, Charles P ^a   Williams, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Cadmium; Caenorhabditis elegans; Multiple media; Pentachlorophenol; Reference toxicants

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CADMIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TESTING; TOXICITY;

TOXICANTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031122285     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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