Hexavalent chromium-induced congenital abnormalities in chick embryos

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Asmatullah, ^a   Qureshi, Shama Noreen ^a   Shakoori, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Birds; Congenital abnormalities; Embryotoxic effects; Environmental toxin; Gallus domesticus; Heavy metals; Hexavalent chromium; Teratogenic effects

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031838896     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199805/06)18:3<167::AID-JAT492>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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