Cytotoxicity of Kuwait weathered lake crude oil on rat hepatocytes: A histological and ultrastructural study

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 599-610

  Safer, A M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Crude oil; DMBA; Hepatocyte; Histopathology; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; FAT DROPLET; LAKE WATER; OLIVE OIL; PETROLEUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KUWAIT; LIVER CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KUWAIT; LIVER; MALE; PETROLEUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031846280     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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