Brain mercury in neurodegenerative disorders

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Fung, Yiu K ^a,d   Meade, Andrew G ^b   Rack, Edward P ^b   Blotcky, Alan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031042131     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563659709001165     Document Type: Article

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