Erratum to: SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research(SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, (2015), 26, 1-3, 217-243, 10.1080/1062936X.2015.1018938);A similarity-based QSAR model for predicting acute toxicity towards the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 217-243

  Cassotti, M ^a   Ballabio, D ^a   Todeschini, R ^a   Consonni, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aquatic toxicity; fathead minnow; kNN; QSAR; REACH; similarity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; FISH; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FATHEAD MINNOW; KNN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; QSAR; QSAR MODEL; REACH; SIMILARITY;

MOLECULES;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYPRINIDAE; LD50; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925175099     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2015.1035056     Document Type: Erratum

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