Acute toxicity and sublethal effects of white phosphorus in mute swans, Cygnus olor

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-322

  Sparling, D W ^a   Day, D ^a   Klein, P ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; UREA;

BIRD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WATERFOWL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AVIAN STOMACH; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOWL; HEMOLYSIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LD 50; LETHALITY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESIDUES; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032989099     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900477     Document Type: Article

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