Toxicity assessment of cyanobacteria in a wastewater treatment plant, Egypt

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1511-1516

  Badr, Sabah A ^a   El Deeb Ghazy, Mahassen M ^a   Moghazy, Reda M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Daphnia magna; Mice; Toxicity; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149485311     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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