Effects of zinc and cadmium on HgCl2-δ-ALA-D inhibition and Hg levels in tissues of suckling rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Peixoto, Nilce C ^a   Roza, Taciane ^a   Flores, Érico M M ^a   Pereira, Maria E ^a  

^a Campus Universitário Camobi   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cadmium and zinc chloride; Mercuric chloride; Metallothionein; Suckling rats; Tissues metal levels; aminolevulinic acid dehydratase

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURIALISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242486391     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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