Short-Term Bioassays in the Analysis of Complex Environme...
Waters, Michael / Nesnow, Stephen / Huisingh, Joellen L / Sandhu, Shahbeg S / Claxton, Larry
More than one hundred short-term bioassays are now available for detecting the toxicity, mutagenicity, and potential carcinogenicity of chemicals. These bioassays were developed and validated with individual compounds, and their principal application was perceived to be in evaluating the health hazard of such materials. However, man is rarely exposed to single chemicals, his exposure to hazardous chemicals is more commonly a multifactorial phe...
