Strain difference in methylmercury transport across the placenta

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 783-787

  Kajiwara, Y ^a,b   Yasutake, A ^a   Hirayama, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; METHYLMERCURY; PHENYLALANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; GUINEA PIG; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GUINEA PIGS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030870191     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900549     Document Type: Article

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