Quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis of acute toxicity of diverse chemicals to Daphnia magna with whole molecule descriptors

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 757-774

  Moosus, M ^a   Maran, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Best multi linear regression; Daphnia magna; Molecular descriptors; QSAR

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BEST MULTI-LINEAR REGRESSION; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DESCRIPTORS; MOLECULAR DESCRIPTORS; MULTILINEAR REGRESSION; QSAR; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

TOXICITY;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 84855779366     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2011.623317     Document Type: Article

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