Levels of cadmium and lead in tissues of freshwater fish (Clarias batrachus L.) and chicken in Western UP (India)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396-400

  Kumar, P ^a   Prasad, Y ^a   Patra, A K ^b   Swarup, D ^b  

^a M J P ROHILKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FRESH WATER; LEAD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CATFISH; CHICKEN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; TERATOGENICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CHICKENS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; LEAD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CLARIAS BATRACHUS;

EID: 35248850275     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9263-y     Document Type: Article

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