The pesticide malathion reduces survival and growth in developing zebrafish

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1745-1750

  Cook, Leslie W ^a   Paradise, Christopher J ^a   Lom, Barbara ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Malathion; Pesticide; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHORUS; TOXICITY;

MALATHION; MOSQUITOES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDE; ZEBRAFISH;

PESTICIDES;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH; MALATHION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANIO RERIO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TERATOGENICITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; TERATOGENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCIDES; CITIES; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHORUS; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21444450547     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-331R.1     Document Type: Article

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