The effect of small doses of mercury on the level of selected lysosomal enzymes in the plasma and lymphocytes of sheep

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 901-903

  Witek, Bozena ^a   Legath, Jaroslav ^b   Kolataj, Adam ^a   Kalinska, Olga ^a   Banasik, Anna ^a   Bienka Michalik, Magdalena ^a  

^a Educational University of Kielce   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Lysosomal enzymes; Mercury; Sheep

Indexed keywords

LYSOSOME ENZYME; MERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0030198571     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02105-1     Document Type: Article

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