Morphometry of Hepatic Neoplasms and Altered Foci in the Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-383

  Stine, Cynthia B ^a   Smith, David L ^b   Vogelbein, Wolfgang K ^c   Harshbarger, John C ^d   Gudla, Prabhakar R ^a   Lipsky, Michael M ^b   Kane, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; lesion volume; liver; morphometry; mummichog; neoplasia; PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons); stereology

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; FISH; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER WEIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR GROWTH; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FISH DISEASES; FUNDULIDAE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TUMOR BURDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PISCES;

EID: 3242888174     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230490440899     Document Type: Article

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