The application of metallothionein (MT) gene expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) as a biomarker of cadmium exposure

BioMetals

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 569-570

  Lu, Jian ^a,b   Jin, Taiyi ^a,b   Nordberg, Gunnar F ^b   Nordberg, Monica ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CREATININE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE;

BLOOD LEVEL; CADMIUM POISONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; URINE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; METALLOTHIONEIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 17944364398     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOM.0000045834.10415.f0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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