Spirotox - Spirostomum ambiguum acute toxicity test - 10 years of experience

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-364

  Nałecz Jawecki, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bioindicator; Ecotoxicology; Environmental pollution; Protozoa; Spirotox; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; HEALTH; PH EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

EUKARYOTES; MEDICAL DEVICES; TOXICITY TESTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DIGOXIN; DILUENT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FUNGICIDE; HEAVY METAL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORPHENADRINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL; THIORIDAZINE; TOXIN; VERAPAMIL;

BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; PROTOZOAN; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUKARYOTE; HEALTH SCIENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM; STANDARD; SYMPOSIUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAPER; POLAND; PROTOZOA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SPIROSTOMUM; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM;

EID: 4444293378     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20023     Document Type: Article

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