Biochemistry of tellurium

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-239

  Taylor, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

127mTe; garlic odor; metabolism; Tellurium; teratogenicity; tissue distribution; toxicity

Indexed keywords

TELLURIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAT; TASTE DISORDER; TERATOGENICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0030436381     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02785282     Document Type: Article

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