Exposure and toxic effects of elemental mercury in gold-mining activities in Ecuador

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Harari, Raúl ^a   Harari, Florencia ^a   Gerhardsson, Lars ^b,c   Lundh, Thomas ^b   Skerfving, Staffan ^b   Strömberg, Ulf ^b   Broberg, Karin ^b  

^a Inst for the Development of Production and the Work Environment   (Ecuador)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood; Excretion; Genotype; Plasma; Polymorphism; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL METABOLISM; MINER; MINING; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICOKINETICS; TREMOR; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECUADOR; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TREMOR;

EID: 84864312734     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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