Use of fish embryo toxicity tests for the prediction of acute fish toxicity to chemicals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1768-1783

  Belanger, Scott E ^a   Rawlings, Jane M ^a   Carr, Gregory J ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Animal alternative; Eleutheroembryo; Fish; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ELEUTHEROEMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL CHEMICALS; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS;

ANIMALS; CHEMICALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

FISH;

ALIPHATIC AMINE; BIOCIDE; FLAME RETARDANT; HAIR DYE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CYPRINID; DATA SET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; MODEL VALIDATION; PESTICIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH EMBRYO TEST; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL ALTERNATIVE; ELEUTHEROEMBRYO; FISH; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FISHES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, ANIMAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 84880257572     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2244     Document Type: Article

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