Effects of nitrite on development of embryos and early larval stages of the zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Zebrafish

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 200-206

  Simmons, Alison E ^a   Karimi, Ida ^a   Talwar, Mayank ^b,c   Simmons, Thomas W ^b  

^a Indiana Area Senior High School   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NITRATE; NITRITE; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHANOL; LARVA; NITRATES; NITRITES; TERATOGENS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871392190     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2012.0746     Document Type: Article

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