Quantitative structure-activity analyses of nitrobenzene toxicity to Tetrahymena pyriformis

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 902-908

  Cronin, M T D ^a   Gregory, B W ^b   Schultz, T W ^b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROBENZENE;

ARTICLE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MUTAGENICITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROBENZENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0031868433     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx970166m     Document Type: Article

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