Speciation of mercury in the primate blood and brain following long-term exposure to methyl mercury

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 221-229

  Vahter, M ^a   Mottet, N K ^b   Friberg, L ^a   Lind, B ^a   Shen, D D ^b   Burbacher, T ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0028353420     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1994.1026     Document Type: Article

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