Measuring and modelling mixture toxicity of imidacloprid and thiacloprid on Caenorhabditis elegans and Eisenia fetida

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Gomez Eyles, Jose L ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^b   Lister, Lindsay ^b   Martin, Heather ^c   Hodson, Mark E ^a   Spurgeon, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Concentration addition; Dose level dependence; Neonicotinoids; Piperonyl butoxide; Synergism

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; PESTICIDE; THIACLOPRID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INSECTICIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; NEMATODE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; EISENIA FOETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OLIGOCHAETA; PESTICIDES; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; THIAZINES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 54149096703     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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