Vitellogenin assay by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay as a biomarker of endocrine disruptor chemicals pollution

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3109-3114

  Ebrahimi, Mansour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QOM   (Iran)

Author keywords

ELISA; Endocrine disruptor chemicals; Immunoassay; VTG

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 35348880885     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3109.3114     Document Type: Article

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