Toxicity mode-of-action: Discrimination via Infrared spectra and Eigenvalues of the Modified Adjacency Matrix

QSAR and Combinatorial Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-195

  Pino, Anna ^a   Giuliani, Alessandro ^a   Benigni, Romualdo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Environment; Mechanistic QSAR; Nonlinear methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADJACENCY MATRIX; AQUATIC TOXICITY; EIGEN-VALUE; ENVIRONMENT; INFRARED SPECTRUM; MECHANISM OF ACTION; MECHANISTIC QSAR; MECHANISTICS; MODE OF ACTION; NON-LINEAR METHODS;

TOXICITY;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038745824     PISSN: 1611020X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qsar.200390011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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