Effects of ZnO nanomaterials on Xenopus laevis growth and development

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-210

  Nations, Shawna ^a   Long, Monique ^a   Wages, Mike ^a   Canas, Jaclyn ^a   Maul, Jonathan D ^a   Theodorakis, Chris ^b   Cobb, George P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Chronic toxicity; Development; Nanomaterials; Xenopus laevis; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; FROG; GROWTH; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; SALINITY; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZINC OXIDE;

AMPHIBIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 78649879442     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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