Effects of the fungicide mancozeb on liver structure of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus: Assessment and quantification of induced cytological changes using qualitative histopathology and the stereological point-sampled intercept method

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-255

  Figueiredo Fernandes, A ^a   Fontainhas Fernandes A ^a,b   Monteiro, R ^c,d   Reis Henriques, M A ^c,d   Rocha, E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; MANCOZEB;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EOSINOPHIL; FISH; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL NUCLEUS; LIVER STRUCTURE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STEREOLOGY; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CICHLIDS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GLYCOGEN; HEPATOCYTES; HEPATOPANCREAS; MACROPHAGES; MANEB; MAST CELLS; MODELS, ANIMAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINEB;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 32344440082     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0914-1     Document Type: Article

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