Persistent organic pollutants and histological lesions in Mayan catfish Ariopsis assimilis from the Bay of Chetumal, Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 263-269

  Norena Barroso E ^a   Sima Alvarez R ^a   Gold Bouchot, G ^a,b   Zapata Perez O ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

A. assimilis; Catfish; Histopathology; Hydrocarbons; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

LESIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

FISH; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARIOPSIS ASSIMILIS; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CELL DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREVALENCE;

ARIOPSIS ASSIMILIS; CATFISH;

EID: 17644431286     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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