Copper and zinc distribution in the human retina: Relationship to cadmium accumulation, age, and gender

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Wills, N K ^a   Sadagopa Ramanujam, V M ^b   Kalariya, N ^a   Lewis, J R ^a   van Kuijk, F J G M ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cadmium; choroid; copper; human; neural retina; retinal pigment epithelium; zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; GRAPHITE; PROTEIN; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHILD; FEMALE; FURNACE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADMIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 48749113677     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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