Toxicity of binary mixtures of cadmium-copper and carbendazim-copper to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1529-1537

  Jonker, Martijs J ^a,c   Piskiewicz, Anna M ^a   Ivorra I Castellá, Núria ^b   Kammenga, Jan E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Carbendazim; Copper; Mixture toxicity; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CADMIUM; COPPER; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

TOXIC MIXTURES; TOXICITY TESTS;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; CARBENDAZIM; COPPER;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOLOGY; EMPIRICISM; MODEL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BODY BURDEN; BODY CONSTITUTION; CADMIUM; CARBAMATES; COPPER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEMATODA; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 31244431993     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-49     Document Type: Article

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