Toxicología Ambiental: Metalotioneínas y metabolismo celular

Acta Bioquimica Clinica Latinoamericana

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-376

  Oliver, Cristian ^a   Porta, Andrés ^b,c  

^a Bioquímico

^b Ciencias Bioquímicas   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Free radicals; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Stress; Thionein; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032272130     PISSN: 03252957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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