Exposure to lead induces hypoxia-like responses in bullfrog larvae (Rana catesbeiana)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2283-2288

  Rice, Timothy M ^a,b   Blackstone, Brian J ^a   Nixdorf, Wendy L ^a   Taylor, Douglas H ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Frog; Hypoxia; Larvae; Lead

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FROG; HEAVY METAL; HYPOXIA; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROCYTE; HYPOXIA; LARVA; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0032861960     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<2283:ETLIHL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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