A case study on identifying the toxicant in effluent discharged from a chemical plant

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1-12, 1999, Pages 122-125

  Jin, Hongjun ^a   Yang, Xuan ^a   Yin, Daqiang ^a   Yu, Hongxia ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzopyrone; Industrial effluent; Phenol; Toxicity identification evaluation

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRONE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EFFLUENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHINA;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0032819992     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00118-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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