Use of ion characteristics to predict relative toxicity of mono-, di- and trivalent metal ions: Caenorhabditis elegans LC50

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-269

  Tatara, Christopher P ^a,b   C Newman, Michael ^c   McCloskey, John T ^a   Williams, Phillip L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Metal; Nematode; Prediction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DIVALENT CATION; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; METAL ION; MONOVALENT CATION; NICKEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

BIOASSAY; METAL; PREDICTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYDROLYSIS; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031877721     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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