Wistar-Imamichi rats exhibit a strong resistance to cadmium toxicity

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-203

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Nagano, Masaaki ^b   Yasutake, Akira ^b   Imamura, Yorishige ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium toxicity; Metallothionein content; Strain difference; Wistar Imamichi rat

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY; LETHAL DOSE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444319657     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.48.201     Document Type: Article

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