Changes of zinc, copper, and iron levels in the lung of male rats after subacute (4-week) and subchronic (13-week) exposure to formaldehyde

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Özen, Og̊uz Aslan ^a   Songur, Ahmet ^b   Sarsilmaz, Mustafa ^c   Yaman, Mehmet ^c   Kuş, Ilter ^c  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Copper; Formaldehyde toxicity; Iron; Lung; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FORMALDEHYDE; IRON; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AIRFLOW; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041665162     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtra.10026     Document Type: Article

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