Age-dependent changes in metallothionein levels in liver and kidney of the Japanese

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-175

  Yoshida, Minoru ^a   Ohta, Hisayoshi ^b   Yamauchi, Youji ^b   Seki, Yukio ^b   Sagi, Morihisa ^a   Yamazaki, Kentarou ^a   Sumi, Yawara ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Human; Japanese; Kidney; Liver; Metallothionein; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CADAVER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; METAL BINDING; POLLUTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031724396     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02778875     Document Type: Article

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