Baseline characteristics and statistical implications for the OECD 210 fish early-life stage chronic toxicity test

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 370-376

  Oris, James T ^a   Belanger, Scott E ^b   Bailer, A John ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Fish toxicity test; Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development 210

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ANALYSIS OF DATA; CHRONIC EFFECTS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROL RESPONSE; CURRENT LEVELS; DRY WEIGHT; FATHEAD MINNOW; FOCUSING TESTS; HATCHING SUCCESS; IN-CONTROL; LARVAL SURVIVAL; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 210; OVERDISPERSION; RAINBOW TROUT; SAMPLE SIZES; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TOXICITY ASSAYS; WET WEIGHT; ZEBRAFISH;

DESIGN; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICS; TOXICITY;

FISH;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GUIDELINE; OECD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; TOXICITY TEST; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FISH; HATCHING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATION; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FISHES; LARVA; SAMPLE SIZE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 84855836444     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.747     Document Type: Article

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