Histopathological changes induced by chronic nonlethal levels of elsan, mercury and ammonia in the liver of Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Banerjee, Subhadra ^a   Bhattacharya, Shelley ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ammonia; elsan; fish liver; mercury; toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; INSECTICIDE; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; PHENTHOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

CHANNA PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0031009667     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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