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SUBMITTER: Hudson SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5102066 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hudson Sherri L SL Doke Dzigbodi A DA Gohlke Julia M JM
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association 20160201
Iron (Fe) deficiency increases risk for adverse health outcomes in humans; however little is known about the potential interaction with methylmercury (MeHg) exposure. Studies testing multiple stressor hypotheses are expensive and time consuming in mammalian model systems; therefore, determining relevance of alternative models is important. Daphnia pulex were fed standard or low-Fe diets of freshwater algae, Ankistrodesmus falcatus. MeHgCl (1600 ng/L) or vehicle was added to culture media for 24 ...[more]