Chemical category formation and read-across for the prediction of toxicity

Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 209-219

  Enoch, Steven J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical categories; Read across

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EID: 84887823776     PISSN: 25424491     EISSN: 25424483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9783-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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