Prediction of biodegradability from chemical structure: Modeling of ready biodegradation test data

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1763-1768

  Loonen, Hélène ^a   Llndgren, Fredrik ^b   Hansen, Bjørn ^b   Karcher, Walter ^b   Nlemela, Jay ^c   Hiromatsu, Koichi ^d   Takatsuki, Mineo ^d   Peunenburg, Willie ^a   Rorije, Emiel ^a   Struijs, Jaap ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Milliístyrelsen ^*  (Denmark)

^d CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Multivariate analysis; Prediction; Structural fragments

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032771140     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1763:POBFCS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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