Bioaccumulation of Some Heavy Metals in the Liver Flukes Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica
Background: Heavy metals tend to bioaccumulate in living organisms, and their accumulation has been a major concern. As mammals are known to excrete heavy metals via their bile, it seems to be very promising to analyse metal burdens of par-asites that infect the biliary tree such as liver fluke...
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Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2013-12-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Parasitology |
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Online Access: | https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/455 |