Copper toxicity and copper-zinc interactions in amphibian embryos

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Herkovits, Jorge ^a   Alejandra Helguero, Luisa ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Salud   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian embryos; Copper toxicity; Copper zinc interaction; Endangered species; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PROTECTIVE AGENT; ZINC;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOAD; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 0344015788     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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