Relationship between toxicity and molecular volume of dioxins, organic phosphorous compounds and n-alkanols

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1437-1441

  Wang, Zunyao ^a,b   Han, Xiangyun ^b   Wang, Liansheng ^a   Zhai, Zhicai ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical volume of toxicity; Density functional theory; Dioxin; n alkanol; Organic phosphorus; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646100949     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wb0173     Document Type: Article

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