Age-specific immunocompetence of the earthworm Eisenia andrei: Exposure to methylmercury chloride

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-72

  Sauvé, Sébastien ^a   Fournier, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Bioassay; Coelomocytes; Earthworm; Eisenia andrei; Immunotoxicity; Invertebrate; Mercury; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

AGE; EARTHWORM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VIABILITY; EARTHWORM; HATCHING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EISENIA ANDREI; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 5044233652     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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