In vivo ingestion of heavy metal particles of Se, Hg and W by murine macrophages. A study using scanning electron microscopy coupled with X-ray microanalysis

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 397-403

  Cherdwongcharoensuk, Duangrudee ^a   Cunha, Elisabete M ^a   Upatham, Suchart ^b   Pereira, António Sousa ^a   Oliveira, Maria João R ^a   Águas, Artur P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

cell membrane; peritoneal cells; phagocytes; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INGESTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; REACTION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TOXICOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MERCURY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SELENIUM; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 1942469974     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233702th161oa     Document Type: Article

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