Comparison of organic and inorganic mercury distribution in suckling rat

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 536-539

  Orct, Tatjana ^a   Blanuša, Maja ^a   Lazarus, Maja ^a   Varnai, Veda Marija ^a   Kostial, Krista ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood; Brain; Distribution; Ethylmercury; Kidney; Liver; Mercury(2+) chloride; Suckling rat; Thiomersal

Indexed keywords

MERCURY CHLORIDE; THIOMERSAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING; TOXICOKINETICS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIMEROSAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845242920     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1167     Document Type: Article

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