Essential (Se, Cu) and non-essential (Ag, Hg, Cd) elements: what are their relationships in liver of Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea, Delphinidae)?

Mar Pollut Bull

Departamento de Química, PUC-Rio, 22453-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, IBCCF-UFRJ, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Published: April 2009

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