Nonylphenol, an integrated vision of a pollutant. Scientific review

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-25

  Vazquez Duhalt, R ^a,b   Marquez Rocha, F ^b   Ponce, E ^b   Licea, A F ^b   Viana, M T ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Ecosystem; Environment; Nonylphenol; Pollution; Toxicity; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA;

EID: 31744449430     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0401_001025     Document Type: Review

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