Methylmercury egg injections: Part 1-Tissue distribution of mercury in the avian embryo and hatchling

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-76

  Rutkiewicz, Jennifer ^a   Basu, Niladri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depuration; Development; Egg injection; Mercury; Sequestration; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY;

BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HATCHING; METHYLMERCURY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEATHER; FEMALE; HATCHLING; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; QUAIL; SOFT TISSUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COTURNIX; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA;

EID: 84878591124     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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