Histopathology of the gill and liver tissues of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus exposed to lead

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Olojo, E A A ^a   Olurin, K B ^a   Mbaka, G ^b   Oluwemimo, A D ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Gill; Histopathology; Lead; Liver

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; NONHUMAN;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 18244408815     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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