Mercury and trace element distribution in organic tissues and regional brain of fetal rat after in utero and weaning exposure to low dose of inorganic mercury

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-234

  Feng, Weiyue ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Li, Bai ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Chai, Zhifang ^a   Zhao, Jiujiang ^a   Deng, Guilong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Essential trace elements; In utero exposure; Infant rat; Low dose; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; HEART; HIPPOCAMPUS; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; THALAMUS; WEANING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEANING;

EID: 4344614351     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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