Cadmium uptake by a human hepatic cell line (WRL-68 cells)

Toxicology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-220

  Souza, V ^a   Bucio, L ^a   Gutierrez Ruiz M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cadmium uptake; Hepatic human cell culture; Metal uptake; WRL 68 cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; HUMANS; LIVER; NIFEDIPINE; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; TEMPERATURE; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0030913565     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(97)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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