Levels of Serum Cholinesterase Activity in the Rococo Toad (Bufo paracnemis) in Agrosystems of Argentina

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 586-591

  Lajmanovich, R C ^a,c   Sanchez Hernandez J C ^b   Stringhini, G ^c   Peltzer, P M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREST; MALE; NONHUMAN; TOAD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BUFONIDAE; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO PARACNEMIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1442300824     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0284-5     Document Type: Article

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