Lactational exposure and neonatal kinetics of methylmercury and inorganic mercury in mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-169

  Sundberg, Johanna ^a   Jönsson, Siv ^b   Karlsson, Mats O ^c   Oskarsson, Agneta ^d  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MERCURIALISM; MILK LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345390290     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8566     Document Type: Article

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