RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ethanol-increased exhalation of mercury in mice.
JF British Journal of Industrial Medicine
JO Br J Ind Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 241
OP 244
DO 10.1136/oem.35.3.241
VO 35
IS 3
A1 J D Dunn
A1 T W Clarkson
A1 L Magos
YR 1978
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/35/3/241.abstract
AB CBA/J mice injected three days beforehand with 203HgCl2 were given ethanol or water by gavage and placed in a chamber designed to collect exhaled mercury. Ethanol treatment led to an eight-fold increase of counts accumulated on a filter over a four-hour period, compared with water-treated mice. The mercury-collection apparatus tested for extracorporeal contribution of volatilised mercury indicated that the counts originated from the air exhaled by the mice.