Validation and extension of a similarity-based approach for prediction of acute aquatic toxicity towards Daphnia magnaFootnote

Presented at the 16th International Workshop on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships in Environmental and Health Sciences (QSAR2014), 16-20 June 2014, Milan, Italy.

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