Toxicological evaluation of surface-water samples in sensitised cultured fish cells compared with the Microtox® method

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 509-515

  Dierickx, Paul J ^a   Van Der Wielen, Claire ^b   Lemaire, Sandra ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b ISSeP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Ecotoxicity; FHM cells; Fish cells; Microtox ; Sensitised assay; Surface water samples

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BELGIUM; BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0034094141     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290002800303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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