Mercury accumulation and distribution in medaka after the exposure to sublethal levels of methylmercury

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 584-591

  Liao, C Y ^a   Zhou, Q F ^a   Shi, J B ^a   Fu, J J ^a   Jiang, G B ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILL; GONAD; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORYZIAS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ORYZIAS;

EID: 30344461003     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0791-z     Document Type: Article

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