Population growth kinetics of Tetrahymena pyriformis exposed to selected nonpolar narcotics

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-406

  Bearden, A P ^a   Gregory, B W ^a   Schultz, T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; KINETICS; NARCOTICS; SOLUBILITY; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

CILIOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0031471140     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900269     Document Type: Article

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