Integrating QSAR and read-across for environmental assessment

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7-9, 2015, Pages 605-618

  Benfenati, E ^a   Roncaglioni, A ^a   Petoumenou, M I ^a   Cappelli, C I ^a   Gini, G ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BCF; log P; QSAR; REACH; read across

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS;

BCF; DATA QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LOG P; PROPERTY VALUE; QSAR; QSAR MODEL; REACH; READ-ACROSS; TRAINING SETS;

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY;

DANGEROUS GOODS;

CHEMICAL DATABASE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFTWARE; TOXICOLOGY;

DATABASES, CHEMICAL; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INTERNET; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84946491244     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2015.1078408     Document Type: Article

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