Comparison between bioconcentration factor (BCF) data provided by industry to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and data derived from QSAR models

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 529-534

  Petoumenou, Maria I ^a   Pizzo, Fabiola ^a   Cester, Josep ^b   Fernández, Alberto ^b   Benfenati, Emilio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applicability domain; Bioconcentration factor; Fish; QSAR; REACH

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; DANGEROUS GOODS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER MODEL; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84939619585     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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