Aquatic toxicity of ethoxylated and propoxylated alcohols to Daphnia magna

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Roberts, Jayne F ^a   Marshall, Stuart J ^a   Roberts, David W ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Ethoxylated propoxylated alcohols; Log P; Nonionic surfactant; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PROPOXYLATED ALCOHOLS; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

ALCOHOLS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

FISHERIES;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ETHOXYLATED ALCOHOL; OCTANOL; PROPOXYLATED ALCOHOL; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; CRUSTACEAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 33846631427     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-023R.1     Document Type: Article

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