Zinc supplement on tissue arsenic concentration in rats

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 87-91

  Kamaluddin, M ^a   Misbahuddin, M ^a  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUID INTAKE; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SPLEEN; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPLEEN; ZINC;

EID: 34547881539     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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