Toxicity of Environmental Lead and the Influence of Intestinal Absorption in Children

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-250

  Heath, Linda M ^a   Soole, Kathleen L ^b   McLaughlin, Michael L ^c,d   McEwan, Gordon T A ^e   Edwards, John W ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Enterocyte; Heavy metals; In vitro; In vivo; Lead; Review; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AUSTRALIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ION TRANSPORT; MUTAGENICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 1242345171     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2003.18.4.231     Document Type: Review

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