Toxicological investigation of soils with the solid-phase flash assay: Comparison with other ecotoxicological tests

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 461-472

  Põllumaa, Lee ^a   Kahru, Anne ^a   Eisenträger, Adolf ^b   Reiman, Rain ^a   Maloveryan, Alla ^a   Rätsep, Annely ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photobacteria; Soils; Solid phase flash assay; Test battery; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; GERMANY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034123638     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290002800314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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