Lead induced malformations in embryos of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-389

  Osman, Alaa G M ^a,d   Wuertz, Sven ^a   Mekkawy, Imam A ^b   Exner, Hans Jürgen ^a   Kirschbaum, Frank ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Assiut Branch   (Egypt)

Author keywords

African catfish; Bioaccumulation; Fish embryos; Histopathology; Lead toxicity; Morphological aberrations

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DEFECTS; FISH; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICAN CATFISH; FISH EMBRYOS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD TOXICITY; MORPHOLOGICAL ABERRATIONS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

LEAD NITRATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; EMBRYO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TELEOST; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; CATFISH; CHORION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE MALFORMATION; FISH; GILL; HATCHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LEAD POISONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MALFORMATION; SKULL MALFORMATION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; WATER POLLUTION; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 34547140876     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20272     Document Type: Article

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