Overview of data and conceptual approaches for derivation of quantitative structure-activity relationships for ecotoxicological effects of organic chemicals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1789-1798

  Bradbury, Steven P ^a   Russom, Christine L ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^a   Schultz, T Wayne ^b   Walker, John D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicology; Ecological risk assessment; Industrial organic chemicals; Quantitative structure activity relationships; Toxic action modes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC AMINE; ALKANE; ALKANOL; ANILIDE; AROMATIC AMINE; AZIDE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE; NITRILE; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UREA DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORECASTING; SOLUBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0142089677     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/01-234     Document Type: Review

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