A hierarchical clustering methodology for the estimation of toxicity

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 251-266

  Martin, Todd M ^a   Harten, Paul ^a   Venkatapathy, Raghuraman ^b   Das, Shashikala ^b   Young, Douglas M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational Toxicology; Genetic Algorithm; Hierarchical Clustering; Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR)

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 40949091975     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510701857353     Document Type: Article

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