Cadmium uptake and bioaccumulation in Xenopus laevis embryos at different developmental stages

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Herkovits, Jorge ^a   Cardellini, Pietro ^b   Pavanati, Cristina ^b   Pérez Coll, Cristina S ^a  

^a Fundacion PROSAMA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031893827     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1997.1586     Document Type: Article

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