Pathomorphological study of rats submitted to a drinking water regime with high nitrate content

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 045-052

  Gatseva, Penka ^a   Lazarova, Antoaneta ^a   Donchev, Nikolai ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Histological structure; Internal organs; Nitrates; Rats; Regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032967410     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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