Mercury toxicology as assessed through fish scales

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1105-1110

  Dua, A ^a   Gupta, N ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; FISHERY; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; SKIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; PERCIFORMES; SKIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 25444453246     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0695-y     Document Type: Article

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