Altered porphyrin metabolism as a biomarker of mercury exposure and toxicity

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 210-215

  Woods, James S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarker; mercury; porphyrins; urine

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; PORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHELATING AGENTS; DENTISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORPHYRINS; RATS; UNITED STATES; UNITHIOL;

EID: 0029976976     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-74-2-210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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