Ultrastructural effects of lead acetate on brain of rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 419-422

  Deveci, Engin ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

brain; lead acetate; rat; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LEAD ACETATE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34248386969     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/07482337060220100101     Document Type: Article

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