Comparison of lethality, reproduction, and behavior as toxicological endpoints in the nematode caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 451-462

  Dhawan, Ritu ^a   Dusenbery, David B ^b   Williams, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LETHALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0033544893     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841099157179     Document Type: Article

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