Quantifying synergy: A systematic review of mixture toxicity studies within environmental toxicology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cedergreen, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FUNGICIDE; PESTICIDE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; METAL; POLLUTANT;

ADDITION REACTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG TOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; METALS; PESTICIDES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84900413101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096580     Document Type: Review

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