Metallothioneins and cadmium uptake by the liver in Bufo arenarum

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-315

  Perez Coll C S ^a   Herkovits, J ^a   Fridman, O ^b   Daniel, P ^c   D'Eramo, J L ^b  

^a Fundacion PROSAMA   (Argentina)

^b Fundacion Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Albert Einstein   (Argentina)

^c LAQUIGE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; TOAD;

EID: 0030717719     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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