Sublethal effects of diazinon on the structure of the testis of bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus: A microscopic analysis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-360

  Dutta, H M ^a   Meijer, H J M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluegills; Diazinon; Testis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; HISTOLOGY; PESTICIDES; TISSUE;

BIOMETRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DIMPYLATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETHALITY; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MYOIDA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0038141069     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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