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Original Articles

Probabilistic neural networks modeling of the 48-h LC50 acute toxicity endpoint to Daphnia magnaFootnote

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Pages 735-750 | Received 31 May 2008, Accepted 03 Oct 2008, Published online: 04 Dec 2010

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