Development of a soil extraction procedure for ecotoxicity characterization of energetic compounds

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-194

  Sunahara, Geoffrey I ^a   Dodard, Sabine ^a   Sarrazin, Manon ^a   Paquet, Louise ^a   Ampleman, Guy ^b   Thiboutot, Sonia ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Renoux, Agnès Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO;

SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0032031977     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1997.1624     Document Type: Article

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