Impact of different doses of lead on internal organs of quails

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-149

  Mehrotra, Vandana ^a   Saxena, V L ^b   Saxena, A K ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b Department of Zoology   (India)

^c D A V COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Lead poisoning; Quails; Toxication symptoms; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GAMEBIRD; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYMPTOM; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KIDNEY; LD 50; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OVARY; QUAIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TESTIS;

PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 41349113175     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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