Toxicity and bioaccumulation of reduced TNT metabolites in the earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to amended forest soil

Chemosphere

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1339-1348

  Lachance, Bernard ^a   Renoux, Agǹes Y ^a,b   Sarrazin, Manon ^a   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Sunahara, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b SANEXEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino dinitrotoluene; Lethality; Sandy loam soil; Tissue residue

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

INVERTEBRATES; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

METABOLITES;

2 AMINO 4,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DIAMINO 6 NITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DIAMINO 4 NITROTOLUENE; 4 AMINO 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; EISENIA ANDREI; FOREST SOIL; LC 50; METABOLITE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; TOXICOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EISENIA ANDREI; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 1842636941     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.11.049     Document Type: Article

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