Top-priority fragment QSAR approach in predicting pesticide aquatic toxicity

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1533-1539

  Casalegno, Mose' ^a   Sello, Guido ^b   Benfenati, Emilio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PREDICTION; PRODUCT RECOVERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RAINBOW TROUT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PESTICIDES; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 33845237620     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx0601814     Document Type: Article

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