Effects of mercury exposure on blood chemistry and liver histopathology of male rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 126-131

  Wadaan, Mohammad A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Body weight; Hepatotoxicity; Liver histopathology; Mercuric chloride; Rats; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 68049114314     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2009.126.131     Document Type: Article

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