Changes in selected indicators of liver impairment after repeated administration of mono- and polybromobenzenes in mice

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-30

  Szymanska J A ^a   Bruchajzer, E ^a   Sporny, S ^a   Piotrowski, J K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BROMOBENZENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEBROMINATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642676049     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900724     Document Type: Article

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