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Total and metallothionein-bound cadmium in the liver and the kidney of a population in Barcelona (Spain)

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Torra, M., To-Figueras, J., Brunet, M. et al. Total and metallothionein-bound cadmium in the liver and the kidney of a population in Barcelona (Spain). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 509–515 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199019

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