Kinetics of germanium dioxide in rats

Toxicology

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Lin, Chuang Hao ^a   Chen, Tsan Ju ^a   Hsieh, Yueh Ling ^a   Jiang, Shiuh Jen ^b   Chen, Shun Sheng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Germanium; Kinetics; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; GERMANIUM; HALF-LIFE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032996362     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00147-4     Document Type: Article

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