Mercury speciation and relationship between mercury and selenium in liver of Galeus melastomus from the Mediterranean Sea

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 516-522

  Storelli, M M ^a   Marcotrigiano, G O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; LIVER METABOLISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; LIVER; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SHARKS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

GALEUS MELASTOMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036819295     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0092-8     Document Type: Article

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