Mercury-induced morphological changes in the respiratory surface of an Asian freshwater catfish, Saccobranchus fossilis

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 705-712

  Khangarot, B S ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GILL; HYPERPLASIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MERCURIALISM; MICROVILLUS; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; SACCOBRANCHUS FOSSILIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHORT TERM EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EPITHELIUM; GILLS; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; CATFISH; SILURIDAE;

EID: 0037734299     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0041-1     Document Type: Article

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