Neutral Red Retention by Earthworm Coelomocytes: A Biomarker of Cadmium Contamination in Soil

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-121

  Gupta, S K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COLORING AGENT; NEUTRAL RED;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; COLORING AGENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEUTRAL RED; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0034209040     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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