A comparative study on the toxic effects of textile dye wastewaters (untreated and treated) on mortality and RBC of a freshwater fish Gambusia affinis (Baird and Gerard)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 623-628

  Soni, Pratima ^a   Sharma, Subhasini ^a,b   Sharma, Shweta ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Sharma, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b C 141 A ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Anisocytosis; Fish bioassay; Mortality; Poikilocytosis; RBC counts

Indexed keywords

DYE;

BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MONITORING; MORTALITY RISK; POLLUTANT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FISH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; TEXTILE; WASTE WATER;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 33749341762     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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