Growth inhibition in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) fish exposed to tetrachloroethylene

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Spencer, Hattie B ^a,b   Hussein, Wedad R ^a   Tchounwou, Paul B ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth inhibition; Japanese medaka; Tetrachloroethylene; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

FISH; GROWTH; INHIBITION; POLLUTION EFFECT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; JAPAN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PROTEIN CONTENT; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 31544435445     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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