Comparative studies of the effects of herbicide atrazine on freshwater fish Oreochromis niloticus and Chrysichthyes auratus at Assiut, Egypt

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-510

  Hussein, S Y ^a   El Nasser, M A ^b   Ahmed, S M ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICITY; EGYPT; FISH; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EGYPT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HERBICIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0029798727     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900218     Document Type: Article

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