Emergence of Delayed Methylmercury Toxicity after Perinatal Exposure in Metallothionein-Null and Wild-Type C57BL Mice

BACKGROUND: Although a long latency period of toxicity after exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) is known to exist in humans, few animal studies have addressed this issue. Substantiation of delayed MeHg toxicity in animals would affect the risk evaluation of MeHg. OBJECTIVES: Our goal in this study was...

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Autores principales: Yoshida, Minoru, Shimizu, Natsuki, Suzuki, Megumi, Watanabe, Chiho, Satoh, Masahiko, Mori, Kouki, Yasutake, Akira
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18560530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.10906

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