Toxicity of chlorpyrifos to the fish Oreochromis mossambicus

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 985-992

  Rao, J Venkateswara ^a   Rani, C H S ^a   Kavitha, P ^a   Rao, R N ^a   Madhavendra, S S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GILL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; LC 50; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHLORPYRIFOS; INSECTICIDES; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 0037408304     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0079-0     Document Type: Article

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