Esterase activity and allele frequency in field populations of Simulium equinum (L.) (Diptera: Simuliidae) exposed to organophosphate pollution

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2550-2555

  Parker, Penelope Judy Ann Nicole ^a   Callaghan, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esterases; Organophosphorous insecticides; Polymorphism; Simulium equinum

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; SALMONIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM EQUINUM;

EID: 0004640953     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620161217     Document Type: Article

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