Histological alterations induced by lead in the testes of the quail Coturnix coturnix

Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-30

  Almansour, M I ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Histology; Intoxication; Lead; Quail; Testes

Indexed keywords

LEAD ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DESQUAMATION; EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD POISONING; LEYDIG CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

COTURNIX COTURNIX; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 66249145012     PISSN: 18193420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjet.2009.24.30     Document Type: Article

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