Assessment of molybdenum toxicity in humans

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-192

  Vyskočil, Adolf ^a   Viau, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human; Molybdenum; Tolerable daily intake; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; MOLYBDENUM;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MOLYBDENUM; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344327051     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199905/06)19:3<185::AID-JAT555>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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