Measurement and modeling of the toxicity of binary mixtures in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans - A test of independent action

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-104

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Independent action; Isoboles; Mixture toxicity; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL MIXTURES; CHLORPYRIFOS; CONCENTRATION ADDITION; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; INDEPENDENT ACTION; MIXTURE TOXICITY; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT;

BINARY MIXTURES; CADMIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UREA;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIURON; NICKEL; PESTICIDE; PROCHLORAZ;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTAGONISM; NEMATODE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDES;

EID: 65449174392     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-215.1     Document Type: Article

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