Cytopathology induced by mercuric chloride and methylmercury in cultured renal cells of the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella plagiodon)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 7-16

  Wang, A ^a   Pfeiffer, Carl J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean ; Dolphin ; Kidney ; Mercury ; Toxicology ; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL ORGANELLE; DOLPHIN; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOLPHINS; KIDNEY; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035224909     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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