The toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals to the protozoa Spirostomum ambiguum and Tetrahymena termophila

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 840-843

  Nałȩcz Jawecki, Grzegorz ^a   Sawicki, Józef ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Drugs; Protoxkit F ; Spirotox

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PROTOZOAN; TOXICITY;

MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SPIROSTOMUM; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0041784695     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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