Mercury exposure and antioxidant defenses in women: A comparative study in the Amazon

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-59

  Pinheiro, M C N ^a   Macchi, B M ^a   Vieira, J L F ^a   Oikawa, T ^a   Amoras, W W ^a   Guimaraes G A ^a   Costa, C A ^a   Crespo Lopez M E ^a   Herculano, A M ^a   Silveira, L C L ^a   do Nascimento, J L M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Catalase; Glutathione; Human; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD; MERCURY;

AGE CLASS; ANTIOXIDANT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INJURY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PEPTIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSORY SYSTEM DISORDER; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CATALASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41949084990     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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