Impact of an environmentally realistic intake of water contaminants and superoxide formation on tissues of rats

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-249

  Silva, A M M ^a   Novelli, E L B ^a   Fascineli, M L ^a   Almeida, J A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Rats; River water; Superoxide; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE;

ENZYMES; HEALTH RISKS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OXIDES; POTABLE WATER; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; CREATININE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033135688     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00213-9     Document Type: Article

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