Alteration in bilirubin excretion in individuals chronically exposed to arsenic in Mexico

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Hernández Zavala, Araceli ^a   M Del Razo, Luz ^a   Aguilar, Carolina ^a   G García Vargas, Gonzalo ^b   H Borja, Victor ^a   E Cebrián, Mariano ^a  

^a Secc de Toxicol Ambiental   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bilirubin and alanine aminotransferase; Chronic exposure; Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARSENIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTHRAQUINONES; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; DISACCHARIDES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0344923780     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00115-5     Document Type: Article

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