AMPHITOX: A customized set of toxicity tests employing amphibian embryos

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1443, 2003, Pages 46-60

  Herkovits, Jorge ^a   Pérez Coll, Cristina S ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian embryos; AMPHITOX; Buenos Aires metropolitan area; Environmental pollution; Toxicity test

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MIXTURES;

TOXICITY TESTS;

TOXICITY;

EID: 0037834734     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp11174s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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