Effect of sublethal concentrations of endosulfan on growth and fecundity of two species of snails

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1173-1178

  Ellis Tabanor, M ^a   Hyslop, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOSULFAN; FERTILITY; INSECTICIDES; SNAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 25444471853     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0704-1     Document Type: Article

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