Can formaldehyde exposure induce histopathologic and morphometric changes on rat kidney?;¿la exposición al formaldehído puede inducir cambios histopatológicos y morfométricos sobre el riñón de rata?

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1195-1200

  Golalipour, Mohammad Jafar ^a   Azarhoush, Ramin ^a   Ghafari, Soraya ^a   Davarian, Ali ^a   Fazeli, Sayyed Amirhossien ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exposure; Formaldehyde; Histology; Kidney; Morphometry; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953560373     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022009000400037     Document Type: Article

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