Toxicity of the azo dye methyl red to the organisms in microcosms, with special reference to the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata Peters)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 753-760

  Sharma, S ^a   Pathak, S ^a   Sharma, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYE; METHYL RED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; POECILIA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0038071846     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0047-8     Document Type: Article

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