Effect of prenatal lead toxicity on surface ultrastructural features, elemental composition and infrared absorption characteristics of the skin of albino mice

Cytobios

Volumn 413, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 245-254

  Dey, Sudip ^a,c   Arjun, J ^b   Das, M ^b   Bhattacharjee, C R ^c   Dkhar, P S ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Albino mice; Infrared spectroscopy; Lead toxicity; Skin ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HOMEOSTASIS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREGNANCY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0035232812     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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