Zinc-Specific Response in Metallothionein Induction in Liver of Tumor-Bearing Mice

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-248

  Takeda, Atsushi ^a   Goto, Kazuhiko ^a   Sato, Tetsu ^a   Tamano, Haruna ^a   Okada, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Host response

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342384318     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-670X(1997)10:4<243::AID-JTRA5>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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