Acute cadmium administration induces apoptosis in rat thymus and testicle, but not liver

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 589-594

  Krichah, R ^a   Rhouma, K Ben ^a   Hallegue D ^a   Tebourbi O ^a   Joulin, V ^b   Couton, D ^b   Sakly, M ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cadmium; Liver; Rat; Testicle; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; TOXICITY;

EID: 0242414670     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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