Comments on the misuse of SPMDs in recent articles by Springman et al. (2008a,b) and Short et al. (2008)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 262-267

  Boehm, Paul D ^a   Page, David S ^b   Neff, Jerry M ^c  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Neff and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1A; HYDROCARBON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; LETTER; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; RAINBOW TROUT; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; SEAWATER;

EID: 67349247531     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.03.005     Document Type: Letter

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