Changes in levels of essential elements in suckling rats exposed to zinc and mercury

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1327-1332

  Peixoto, N C ^a   Rocha, L C ^a   Moraes, D P ^a   Bebianno, M J ^b   Dressler, V L ^a   Flores, E M M ^a   Pereira, M E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Essential metals; Mercury; Young rats; Zinc

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MICROFLUIDICS; PIGMENTS; RATS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

MERCURY(III); WISTAR RATS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; JUVENILE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; POISONING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SUCKLING; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METAL INTOXICATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUCKLING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CHLORIDES; COPPER; ELEMENTS; FEMALE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; IRON; KIDNEY; LIVER; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MANGANESE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; RATS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 46149090786     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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