Arsenic toxicity and potential mechanisms of action

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Hughes, Michael F ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Mechanisms; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; THIOL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARSENIC POISONING; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COCARCINOGENESIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR PROMOTION;

EID: 0037036578     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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