Immunotoxic effects of environmental toxicants in fish - how to assess them?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2465-2476

  Segner, Helmut ^a   Wenger, Michael ^b   Möller, Anja Maria ^a   Köllner, Bernd ^c   Casanova Nakayama, Ayako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ecoimmunology; ecotoxicological risk assessment; ecotoxicology; fish; immune system; Immunotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIVITY; LIMITING FACTOR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST; TOXIC MATERIAL; WILD POPULATION;

TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84871836513     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0978-x     Document Type: Article

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