Toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to the nematode caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1168-1180

  Sese, Beke T ^a,b   Grant, Alastair ^a   Reid, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARCINOGENESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH; MORTALITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARTEMIA SALINA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 75149143404     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903091814     Document Type: Article

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