Effects of Schistosoma mansoni infection on inorganic elements in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-346

  Ong, J H L ^a   Chejlava, M ^a   Fried, B ^a   Koehnlein, K M ^b   Bosavage, G L ^b   Sherma, J ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; TIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LARVA; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IONS; MANGANESE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SODIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 10044243519     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2004244     Document Type: Article

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