Effects of cadmium telluride quantum dots on cadmium bioaccumulation and metallothionein production to the freshwater mussel, Elliptio complanata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-251

  Peyrot, Caroline ^a   Gagnon, Christian ^b   Gagné, François ^b   Willkinson, Kevin J ^a   Turcotte, Patrice ^b   Sauvé, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Cadmium telluride; Cd dissociation; Elliptio complanata mussels; Metallothionein; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; FRESH WATER; METALLOTHIONEIN; QUANTUM DOT; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXOCRINE GLAND; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GILL; GONAD; MUSSEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA;

EID: 67649472439     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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