Toxic effects of low level lead on the blood-brain barrier in rats

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-42

  Ruan, Su Yun ^a   Gu, Zu Wei ^a  

^a Shanghai Inst Labour Hyg Occup D   (China)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Lanthanum nitrate tracing; Low level lead

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032997813     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.41.39     Document Type: Article

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