Assessment of in silico models for acute aquatic toxicity towards fish under REACH regulation

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 977-999

  Cappelli, C I ^a   Cassano, A ^a   Golbamaki, A ^a   Moggio, Y ^a   Lombardo, A ^a   Colafranceschi, M ^b   Benfenati, E ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

applicability domain; CLP; fish acute toxicity; QSAR; REACH

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; APPLICABILITY DOMAIN; AQUATIC TOXICITY; CLP; FATHEAD MINNOW; FISH ACUTE TOXICITY; IN-SILICO MODELS; QSAR; RAINBOW TROUT; REACH;

FISH;

EID: 84949532201     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2015.1104519     Document Type: Article

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