Recent developments in broadly applicable structure-biodegradability relationships

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1710-1723

  Jaworska, Joanna S ^a   Boethling, Robert S ^b   Howard, Philip H ^c  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation prediction; Quantitative structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHEMOMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; JAPANESE MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE BIODEGRADABILITY RELATIONSHIP; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FORECASTING; JAPAN; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORECASTING; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0142089684     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/01-302     Document Type: Review

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