A sensitive, high-capacity radioimmunoassay for metallothionein and its application to urine samples from cadmium-treated rats

Toxicology Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 47-56

  Shaikh, Zahir A ^a   Jordan, Scott A ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^a,c   Tang, Weifeng ^a   Gross, Walter A ^a   Sabbioni, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic Cd exposure; Metallothionein assay

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RELIABILITY; SHEEP; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032901077     PISSN: 10517235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105172399242717     Document Type: Article

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