Simplifying complexity: Mixture toxicity assessment in the last 20 years

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1685-1687

  Altenburger, Rolf ^a   Backhaus, Thomas ^b   Boedeker, Wolfgang ^c   Faust, Michael ^d   Scholze, Martin ^e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Epicurus   (Germany)

^d Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

COMPLEXITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84880280309     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2294     Document Type: Article

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