Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cadmium carcinogenesis

Toxicology - Tập 192 Số 2-3 - Trang 95-117 - 2003
Michael Waisberg1, Pius Joseph2, Beverley Hale1, Detmar Beyersmann3
1Department of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. Canada
2Toxicology and Molecular Biology Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA
3Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, FB2, Leobener Str. NW2, Bremen D-28334, Germany

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