Summary of workshop on environmental assessment of human medicines: Development and use of aquatic toxicity data

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-209

  Montforts, Mark H M M ^a   Brandt, Ingvar ^b   Hutchinson, Thomas H ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRESH WATER;

ALGA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 33947275094     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286150704100213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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