Research Report: Acute Toxicity of Mercury, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Manganese to the Chironomus Sp

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1981, Pages 225-226

  Subba Rao, D ^a   Saxena, A B ^a  

^a Madhav Science College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LEAD NITRATE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE SULFATE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; CHIRONOMIDAE; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG TOXICITY; INTOXICATION; INVERTEBRATE; TOXICITY;

EID: 0019461534     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207238108709874     Document Type: Article

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