Development of a chronic fish toxicity model for predicting sub-lethal NOEC values for non-polar narcotics

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-160

  Austin, T J ^a   Eadsforth, C V ^a  

^a Brabazon House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic; fish; narcosis; NOEC; non polar; QSAR; toxicity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; FISH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

CHEMICAL REGULATION; CHRONIC; CONCENTRATION VALUES; END-POINTS; NARCOSIS; NO-OBSERVED-EFFECT-CONCENTRATIONS; NON-POLAR; POLAR NARCOTICS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXICITY MODELING;

TOXICITY;

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HUMANS; NARCOTICS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84896303285     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2013.871577     Document Type: Article

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