Distribution and retention of cadmium in metallothionein I and II null mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 260-268

  Liu, Jie ^a   Liu, Yaping ^a   Michalska, Anna E ^b   Choo, K H Andy ^b   Klaassen, Curtis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030047539     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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