Lead acetate toxicity in vitro: Dependence on the cell composition of the cultures

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-196

  Zurich, M G ^a   Monnet Tschudi, F ^a   Berode M ^a   Honegger, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LEAD ACETATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GLIA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0032055087     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(97)00089-1     Document Type: Article

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