Histopathologic biomarkers in feral freshwater fish populations exposed to different types of contaminant stress

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-70

  Teh, Swee J ^a   Adams, S M ^b   Hinton, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant lesion; Fish; Histopathologic biomarker; Population

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRESH WATER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY LIVER; FISH; GILL; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIPIDOSIS; LIVER; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SPLEEN; TISSUE INJURY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031042828     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(96)00808-9     Document Type: Article

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