Histopathological lesions in the selected tissues of Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.) fingerlings exposed to a sublethal concentration of mercury

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Gupta, Ashok Kumar ^a,b   Kumar, Ashwani ^a  

^a MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cirrhinus mrigala; Eye; Gill; Histopathology; Kidney; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOASSAY; EYE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CHOROID; CIRRHINUS MRIGALA; EYE; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULE; MERCURIALISM; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALIA; CIRRHINUS MRIGALA;

EID: 33646229564     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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