Acute toxicity and inhibition of phototaxis induced by benzalkonium chloride in Artemia franciscana larvae

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1208-1213

  Bartolome M C ^a   Sanchez Fortun S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LC 50; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ARTEMIA; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMOTAXIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA;

EID: 30644465213     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0877-7     Document Type: Article

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