Estimation of chemical toxicity to wildlife species using interspecies correlation models

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5888-5894

  Raimondo, S ^a   Mineau, P ^b   Barron, M G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

CARBAMATES; NEUROTOXICANTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GAMEBIRD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TEST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOTOXICITY; LD 50; MAMMAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; STARLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; COTURNIX JAPONICA;

EID: 34548094687     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070359o     Document Type: Article

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