Ecological hazard assessment of major veterinary benzimidazoles: Acute and chronic toxicities to aquatic microbes and invertebrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2221-2226

  Oh, Su Jin ^a   Park, Jeongim ^b   Lee, Min Jung ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Lee, Jong Hyeon ^c   Choi, Kyungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^c ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole; Daphnia magna; Toxicity; Veterinary; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; DAPHNIA MAGNA; VETERINARY; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

PESTICIDES;

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FEBANTEL; FENBENDAZOLE; FLUBENDAZOLE; OXFENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE; VETERINARY DRUG;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RESPONSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33751045845     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-493R.1     Document Type: Article

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