Estimation of the critical effect level for pollution prevention based on oyster embryonic development toxicity test: The search for reliability

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 589-595

  da Cruz, A C S ^a   Couto, B C ^a   Nascimento, I A ^a,b   Pereira, S A ^a   Leite, M B N L ^a   Bertoletti, E ^c   Zagatto, P ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^d BioAgri International   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Critical effect level; Oyster embryo toxicity test; Reference toxicants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; PHENOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

CRASSOSTREA RHIZOPHORAE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE IMPAIRMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTIC EFFECTS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

4 CHLOROPHENOL; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PHENOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILVER NITRATE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC SULFATE;

BIVALVE; CHLOROPHENOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY TEST; XENOBIOTICS; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

CRASSOSTREA RHIZOPHORAE; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 34047138283     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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