Identification and distribution of mercury species in rat tissues following administration of thimerosal or methylmercury

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 891-896

  Rodrigues, Jairo L ^a   Serpeloni, Juliana M ^a   Batista, Bruno L ^a   Souza, Samuel S ^a   Barbosa Jr , Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ethylmercury; Inorganic mercury; Mercury; Methylmercury; Speciation analysis; Thimerosal; Tissues; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; INORGANIC MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; THIOMERSAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEART; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MYOCARDIUM; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIMEROSAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78650310916     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-010-0538-4     Document Type: Article

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