Do toxic heavy metals affect antioxidant defense mechanisms in humans?

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-205

  Wieloch, Monika ^a   Kamiński, Piotr ^a,b   Ossowska, Anna ^a   Koim Puchowska, Beata ^a   Stuczyński, Tomasz ^c   Kuligowska Prusińska, Magdalena ^a   Dymek, Grazyna ^a   Mańkowska, Aneta ^a   Odrowaz Sypniewska, Grazyna ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

^c Department of Soil Structure   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pollution; Catalase; Environmental stress; Ferritin; Human serum; Superoxide dismutase; Total antioxidant status

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CATALASE; FERRITIN; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; SERUM; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CATALASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLAND; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857503326     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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