Cadmium accumulation and biochemical parameters in juvenile Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus, upon sublethal cadmium exposure

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 805-813

  Zahedi, Saeed ^a   Mirvaghefi, Alireza ^a   Rafati, Maryam ^b   Mehrpoosh, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acipenser persicus; Cadmium; CAT; Cortisol; GST; SOD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883796128     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-012-1482-x     Document Type: Article

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