Metallothionein determination in the liver of the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax treated with copper and B(a)P

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-284

  Roméo, Michèle ^a   Cosson, Richard P ^b   Gnassia Barelli, Mauricette ^a   Risso, Christine ^a   Stien, Xavier ^a   Lafaurie, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecotoxicologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; COPPER; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE POLAROGRAPHY; FISH; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; SEA POLLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030820584     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(97)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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