Sublethal exposure from microcystins to renal insufficiency patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-103

  Soares, Raquel M ^a   Yuan, Moucun ^b   Servaites, Jerome C ^b   Delgado, Alvimar ^a   Magalhães, Valéria F ^a   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^c   Carmichael, Wayne W ^b   Azevedo, Sandra M F O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microcystins; Renal dialysis; Serum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HEMODIALYZERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTINS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SERUM;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CYANOGINOSIN; DIALYSIS FLUID; DRINKING WATER; RIVER WATER;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; FRAGMENTATION; HEALTH CARE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCYSTIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TOXEMIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO GUANDU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 33645901542     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20160     Document Type: Article

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