Impact of effluent from a Titanium dioxide factory on the peripheral haematology of Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) (Pisces: Cichlidae)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 293-296

  Vijayamohanan, ^a   Achuthan Nair, G ^b,d   Suryanarayanan, H ^c  

^a Government College   (India)

^b Environ Resources Research Centre   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Effluent toxicity; Haematology; Oreochromis mossambicus; Titanium dioxide factory

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FISH; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 0033869599     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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