Nickel, its adverse health effects & oxidative stress

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 412-425

  Das, Kusal K ^a   Das, S N ^b   Dhundasi, S A ^a  

^a AL AMEEN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Antioxidant defense; Chronic toxicity; Nickel; Oxidative stress; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P450; DRINKING WATER; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NICKEL SULFATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AIR POLLUTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTOXICITY; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LD 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NICKEL POISONING; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; NICKEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 61849090290     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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