Genetic variation in glutathione-related genes and body burden of methylmercury

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 734-739

  Engström, Karin Schläwicke ^a   Strömberg, Ulf ^a   Lundh, Thomas ^a   Johanson, Ingegerd ^b   Vessby, Bengt ^c   Hallmans, Göran ^d   Skerfving, Staffan ^a   Broberg, Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GCLC; GCLM; GSTP1; Metabolism; Methylmercury; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; METHYLMERCURY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE PI; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 46749087112     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10804     Document Type: Article

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