Effects of Aluminum in Acidic Water on Hematological and Physiological Parameters of the Neotropical Fish Leporinus macrocephalus (Anostomidae)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 639-646

  Barcarolli, I F ^a   Martinez, C B R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ACIDITY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FISHES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIPID METABOLISM; PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANOSTOMIDAE; LEPORINUS; MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 1442325380     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0291-6     Document Type: Article

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