Haematological responses to exposure to sublethal concentration of cadmium in air breathing fish, Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-128

  Karuppasamy, R ^a   Subathra, S ^a   Puvaneswari, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium sublethal toxicity; Channa punctatus; Haematology; Pathological changes

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL;

CADMIUM; FISH; HEMATOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FISH; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; CHANNA PUNCTATUS;

EID: 11244310828     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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