Beryllium-induced toxicity and its prevention by treatment with chelating agents

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-318

  Sharma, Pragya ^a   Johri, Sonia ^a   Shukla, Sangeeta ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beryllium toxicity; CaNa2EDTA; Chelating agents; Tiron

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BERYLLIUM; CHELATING AGENT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; LIPID; PENTETATE CALCIUM; PROTEIN; TIRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; RADIOISOTOPES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIRON;

TIRON;

EID: 0033861969     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1263(200007/08)20:4<313::AID-JAT660>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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