Application of QSARs in Aquatic Toxicology

Computational Toxicology: Risk Assessment for Pharmaceutical and Environmental Chemicals

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 651-675

  Devillers, James ^a  

^a CTIS   (France)

Author keywords

In sample test set (ISTS) and out of sample test set (OSTS); Noncongeneric QSAR models in aquatic toxicology; QSARs application in aquatic toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889618472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470145890.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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