Hematological parameters in Bufo arenarum injected with sublethal dose of lead acetate

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-74

  Peri S I ^a   Fink, N E ^b   Salibian A ^a,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; LEAD ACETATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTE; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; LEAD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 0032016536     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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