Molecular level studies on the origin of toxicity: Identification of key variables and selection of descriptors

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1419-1427

  Okey, Robert W ^a   Martis, Mary C ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033103912     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00544-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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