Tumors in brown bullheads in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: Analysis of survey data from 1992 through 2006

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-81

  Pinkney, Alfred E ^a   Harshbarger, John C ^b   Rutter, Michael A ^c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NEOPLASM; SKIN TUMOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ICTALURIDAE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARYLAND; NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; ANACOSTIA;

EID: 70350765478     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H08-037.1     Document Type: Article

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