Influence of water hardness on the toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals and metals to the protozoa Spirostomum ambiguum and Tetrahymena termophila

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 873-877

  Nałȩcz Jawecki, Grzegorz ^a   Sawicki, Józef ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Propranolol; Protoxkit F ; Spirotox; Thioridazine; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; PROTOZOAN; TOXICITY TEST;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 27644586646     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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