A baseline inhalation toxicity model for narcosis in mammals

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 567-578

  Veith, G D ^a   Petkova, E P ^b   Wallace, K B ^c  

^a International QSAR Foundation   (United States)

^b North Wind Equine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhalation; LC50; QSAR; Rodents; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS;

AQUATIC ANIMALS; INHALATION; INHALATION TOXICITY; LC50; LITERATURE REVIEWS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP MODELING; REVIEW CRITERIA; RODENT; TOXICITY MODELING;

TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 70649106833     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10629360903278669     Document Type: Article

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