The toxicity of cationic surfactants in four bioassays

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-91

  Nałȩcz Jawecki, Grzegorz ^a   Grabińska Sota, Elzbieta ^b   Narkiewicz, Patrycja ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artoxkit M; Bioassay; Microtox; Protoxkit F; Quaternary ammonium compounds; Spirostomum ambiguum; Spirotox; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; BIOASSAY; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LC 50; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; LETHAL DOSE 50; PROTOZOA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; MYXOZOA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; PROTOZOA; SPIROSTOMUM; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0344838682     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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