Zearalenone induces modifications of haematological and biochemical parameters in rats

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 535-540

  Maaroufi, Khira ^a   Chekir, Leila ^a   Creppy, Edmond Ekue ^b   Ellouz, Farielle ^a   Bacha, Hassen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ZEARALENONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0030009844     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(96)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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