Responses of serum calcium and inorganic phosphate levels, parathyroid gland and C cells of Rattus norvegicus to heptachlor administration

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-80

  Rangoonwala, Shaheda P ^a   Suryawsnshi, S A ^b   Pandey, A K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Swami Ramanand Tirth University   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

C cells; Heptachlor; Parathyroid gland; Rattus norvegicus; Serum calcium; Serum inorganic phosphate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEPTACHLOR; PHOSPHATE;

RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID CELL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1342300552     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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