Toxicity of C10-, C11-, C12-, and C14-polychlorinated alkanes to Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2894-2902

  Fisk, Aaron T ^a   Tomy, Gregg T ^b   Muir, Derek C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Chlorinated paraffins Tissue concentrations; LC50; Lowest observable effect concentration

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CHLORINE; PARAFFIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 0032710166     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620181234     Document Type: Article

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