Biochemical assessment of cyanide-induced toxicity in migratory birds from gold mining hazardous waste ponds

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Pritsos, Chris A ^a   Ma, Juntao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; cyanide; ducks; migratory birds; mining; mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CREATINE KINASE; GOLD; POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DUCK; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEART; LIVER; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MINING; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CREATINE KINASE; DUCKS; FEMALE; GOLD; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEART; MINING; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0030913104     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379701300207     Document Type: Article

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