Essentiality and toxicity in copper health risk assessment: Overview, update and regulatory considerations

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 114-127

  Stern, Bonnie Ransom ^a  

^a BR Stern and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA AMIDATING ENZYME; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPPER DEFICIENCY; COPPER METABOLISM; DOSE RESPONSE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 75649121767     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903337100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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