Glutathione enzyme and selenoprotein polymorphisms associate with mercury biomarker levels in Michigan dental professionals

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-308

  Goodrich, Jaclyn M ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Gillespie, Brenda ^a   Werner, Robert ^a,b   Franzblau, Alfred ^a   Basu, Niladri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental mercury; Gene environment; Glutathione s transferase; Methylmercury; Polymorphism; Selenoprotein

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENOPROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DENTIST; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FISH; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GSS GENE; GSTP1 GENE; GSTT1 GENE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEPP1 GENE; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DENTAL STAFF; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE PI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELENOPROTEINS;

EID: 81855193963     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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