Walker (US Environmental Protection Agency) provides a guide to current practices related to the regulatory acceptance of quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs). A chapter for new practitioners offers a glossary and explains statistical terms, factors to consider when developing QSARs, and development and validation methods. Later chapters detail current practices and QSARs for pollution prevention, toxicity screening, risk assessment, and Web applications. The book concludes with a chapter on future challenges facing QSAR developers and users. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
QSARs (Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships) for Pollution Prevention, Toxicity Screening, Risk Assessment, and Web Applications
