Relationships among metallothionein, cadmium accumulation, and cadmium tolerance in three species of fish

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 595-600

  Wu, S M ^a   Jong, K J ^a   Lee, Y J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUM TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACTION; FISH; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; DRUG TOLERANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILL; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CYPRINIDAE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILLS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MUSCLES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33745251639     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0961-7     Document Type: Article

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