Simulation of chemical metabolism for fate and hazard assessment. I. Approach for simulating metabolism

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 699-718

  Dimitrov, S ^a   Pavlov, T ^a   Veith, G ^b   Mekenyan, O ^a  

^a ASSEN ZLATAROV UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b International QSAR Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Metabolism; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL HAZARDS; DEGRADATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MODELING; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; REGULATORY PROGRAM; REGULATORY RISKS; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; SIMULATION;

METABOLISM;

EID: 84855793663     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2011.623323     Document Type: Article

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