Toxicity of aryl- and benzylhalides to Daphnia magna and classification of their mode of action based on quantitative structure-activity relationship

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2759-2766

  Marchini, Silvia ^a   Passerini, Laura ^a   Hoglund, Marilynn D ^b   Pino, Anna ^a   Nendza, Monika ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Analytisches Laboratorium   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Daphnia magna; Halogenated aromatic compounds; Quantitative structure activity relationship Action

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DAPHNIA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN STRUCTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0032709740     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620181216     Document Type: Article

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