Selenoprotein P in subjects exposed to mercury and other stress situations such as physical load or metal chelation treatment

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-33

  Falnoga, Ingrid ^a   Kobal, Alfred B ^b   Stibilj, Vekoslava ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Idrija Mercury Mine   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

DIMAVAL; Human plasma serum; Mercury; Physical stress; Selenium; Selenoprotein P

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; UNITHIOL;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; MINER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLASMA; SERUM; SLOVENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHELATING AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEINS; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN P; SELENOPROTEINS; STRESS; UNITHIOL;

EID: 0036802030     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:89:1:25     Document Type: Article

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