Retention of methyl mercury and inorganic mercury in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (W): Effect of dietary selenium

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 171-180

  Bjerregaard, Poul ^a   Andersen, Beth W ^a   Rankin, J Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inorganic mercury; Interaction; Organic mercury; Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss); Selenium

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; EXCRETION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS;

MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0032993676     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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