Toxicity testing of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using Lumistox®

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 557-564

  Loibner, Andreas P ^a   Szolar, Oliver H J ^a,b   Braun, Rudolf ^a   Hirmann, Doris ^a  

^a Institute for Agrobiotechnology Tulln   (Austria)

^b Krebs Immun Forsch/Entwickl AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Contaminated soil; Ecotoxicity; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COAL TAR; CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

AQUEOUS ELUTRIATES; INHIBITING EFFECTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTAMINATED LAND; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION; TESTING METHOD; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COAL TAR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 31244434671     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-59     Document Type: Article

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