A Perspective on the toxicity of petrogenic pahs to developing fish embryos related to environmental chemistry

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1084-1098

  Carls, Mark G ^a   Meador, James P ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b Environmental Conservation Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial metabolites; Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Toxicity; Toxicity assessment model

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949089782     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030903304708     Document Type: Article

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