Developments in ecotoxicity testing

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-198

  Mitchell, Ed J A K ^a   Burgess, Joanna E ^b   Stuetz, Richard M ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Industrial effluents; Mode of action; Pollutants; Test species; Toxicity effects; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442342453     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020842718996     Document Type: Review

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