The history and development of FETAX (ASTM standard guide, E-1439 on conducting the frog embryo teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus)

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1443, 2003, Pages 3-22

  Dumont, James N ^a   Bantle, John A ^b   Linder, Greg ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; FETAX; Teratogenicity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; FISHERIES; FUELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

TOXICITY TESTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 0038511197     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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