Disposition of inhaled mercury vapor in pregnant rats: Maternal toxicity and effects on developmental outcome

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-273

  Morgan, D L ^a   Chanda, S M ^a   Price, H C ^b   Fernando, R ^c   Liu, J ^a   Brambila, E ^a   O'Connor, R W ^b   Beliles, R P ^d   Barone Jr , S ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental neurotoxicity; Developmental toxicity; Elemental mercury; Fetal toxicity; Inhalation; Maternal toxicity; Mercury vapor; Metallic mercury; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INHALATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY MASS; LITTER SIZE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036209445     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/66.2.261     Document Type: Article

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