Effect of selenium on the uptake of methyl mercury across perfused gills of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-373

  Pedersen, T V ^a   Block, M ^b   Part P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gill; Methyl mercury; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Perfusion; Rainbow trout; Selenate; Selenite; Uptake

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; SELENITE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROUT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031915698     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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