Rapid assessment of the toxicity of oil sands process-affected waters using fish cell lines

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-65

  Sansom, Bryan ^a,b   Vo, Nguyen T K ^a   Kavanagh, Richard ^c   Hanner, Robert ^c   MacKinnon, Michael ^d   Dixon, D George ^b   Lee, Lucy E J ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d OSPM Solutions   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alamar blue; Fish cell lines; Naphthenic acids; Oil sands; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM; RESAZURIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVALUATION; FISH; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FISHES; LETHAL DOSE 50; OXAZINES; PETROLEUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XANTHENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84873088832     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-012-9570-4     Document Type: Article

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