Assessment of industrial effluent toxicity using flow-through fish egg/alevins/fry (EAF) toxicity test

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 440-447

  Yang, R ^a,c   Pickard, J ^a   Omotani, K ^b  

^a CANTEST Ltd   (Canada)

^b ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

^c Southorn Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HARDNESS; RAINBOW TROUT; SMELTER; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OVUM; SEAWATER; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0032915653     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900895     Document Type: Article

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