Toxicological impact of BHC on the ovary of the air-breathing catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-21

  Hazarika, R ^a   Das, M ^b  

^a MC College Barpeta   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; OVARY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS;

EID: 0031973555     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900585     Document Type: Article

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