QSARs for aquatic toxicity: celebrating, extending and displaying the pioneering contributions of Ferguson, Konemann and Veith

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 343-355

  Mackay, D ^a   Arnot, J A ^b,c   Celsie, A ^a   Orazietti, A ^c   Parnis, J M ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Arnot Research and Consulting   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aquatic toxicity; chemical activity; mode of action; narcosis; partition coefficients; QSAR

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

'CURRENT; AQUATIC TOXICITY; CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; KINETIC ASPECTS; MODE OF ACTION; NARCOSIS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS;

TOXICITY;

FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SOLUBILITY; STUPOR; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SOLUBILITY; STUPOR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902292520     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2014.900521     Document Type: Article

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