Nephrotoxic impact of multiple short-interval cadmium-metallothionein injections in the rat

Toxicology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-156

  Leffler, Per E ^a,b   Jin, Taiyi ^a   Nordberg, Gunnar F ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadmium metallothionein; Calciuria; Nephrotoxicity; Proteinuria; Rat; Short interval injections

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030590232     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03359-8     Document Type: Article

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