Exposure of Rana ridibunda to lead. I. Study of lead accumulation in various tissues and hepatic δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-29

  Vogiatzis, Angelos K ^a   Loumbourdis, Nikolaos S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Accumulation; Frog; LC50; Pb

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FROG; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LEAD; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RANA RIDIBUNDA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA RIDIBUNDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032960524     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199901/02)19:1<25::AID-JAT537>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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