Renal effects associated with low exposure to mercury;Effetti renali di basse dosi di mercurio

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-201

  Alinovi, R ^a   Buzio, L ^a   Mozzoni, P ^a   De Palma, G ^a   Carta, P ^b   Flore, C ^b   Colombi, A ^c   Russo, A ^d   Soleo, L ^d   Mutti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Mercury; Nephrotoxicity; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; FIBRONECTIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LAMININ; MERCURY; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEA FOOD; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ISOENZYMES; ITALY; KIDNEY; MALE; MEAT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCIFORMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINURIA; TUNA;

EID: 0036591284     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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