Heavy metal bioabsorption capacity of intestinal helminths in urban rats.

• Main Authors: Salma Teimoori (Author), Aliakbar Sabour Yaraghi (Author), Mahsa Sadat Makki (Author), Farideh Shahbazi (Author), Shahrokh Nazmara (Author), Mohhamad Bagher Rokni (Author), Alireza Mesdaghinia (Author), Abdoreza Salahi Moghaddam (Author), Mostafa Hosseini (Author), Arash Rakhshanpour (Author), Gholamreza Mowlavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the capability of helminths to absorb heavy metals in comparison with that of the host tissues.We compared the concentration of cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) in urban rats and in their harboring helminthes -Moniliformis moniliformis, Hymenolepis diminuta...