Abnormalities in surface ultrastructural features and infrared absorption characteristics of the lens of albino mice born to females receiving oral doses of lead during pregnancy

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 218, 1997, Pages 75-82

  Dey, Sudip ^a   Bhattacharjee, C R ^a   Arjun, J ^b   Das, M ^b   Choudhury, S ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Albino mice; Infra red; Lead toxicity; Lens; SEM; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031487578     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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