Biochemical markers for the assessment of aquatic environment contamination

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-181

  Havelková, Marcela ^a   Blahová, Jana ^a   Slatinská, Iveta ^a   Svobodová, Zdeňka ^a   Randák, Tomáš ^b   Svobodová, Zdeòka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cytochrome P450; EROD; GSH; GST; river pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994672639     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10102-010-0034-y     Document Type: Article

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