Effects of low doses of dietary lead on red blood cell production in male and female mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Iavicoli, I ^a   Carelli, G ^a   Stanek III, E J ^b   Castellino, N ^a   Calabrese, E J ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin; Hormesis; Lead; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MALE; MATING; MOTHER; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; LEAD; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0037415392     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00404-6     Document Type: Article

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