Selenium as an antidote in the treatment of mercury intoxication

BioMetals

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 605-614

  Bjørklund, Geir ^a  

^a Department of Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interaction; Mercury; Metal toxicology; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; CHALCOPHILE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SELENIDE; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; SIDEROPHILE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MERCURIALISM; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY; VAPOR; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MERCURY POISONING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; SELENIUM;

EID: 84933279069     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: 15728773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-015-9857-5     Document Type: Article

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