Assessing noxious effects of dietary exposure to methylmercury, PCBs and Se coexisting in environmentally contaminated rice in male mice

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-625

  Cheng, Jinping ^a   Yang, Yichen ^a   Ma, Jing ^a   Wang, Wenhua ^a   Liu, Xiaojie ^b   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^b   Qu, Yiya ^c   Shi, Wei ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c Guizhou Inst for Environ Protect   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Environmentally contaminated rice; Noxious effects

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENZYMES; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXYGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTAMINATED RICE; NOXIOUS EFFECTS; REDUCED GLUTATHIONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE ACTIVITIES; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BRAIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHYLMERCURY; PCB; PEPTIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; RODENT; SELENIUM; VITAMIN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 61449243624     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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