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Changes in tissue glutathione and mercury concentrations in rats following mercuric chloride injection through the hepatic portal vein

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  1. Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 0511, Singapore

    Sin Wun Chey & Wong Ming Keong

  2. Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 0511, Singapore

    Sin Yoke Min

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Chey, S.W., Keong, W.M. & Min, S.Y. Changes in tissue glutathione and mercury concentrations in rats following mercuric chloride injection through the hepatic portal vein. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 42, 942–948 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701640

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