Erythrocyte glutathione transferase: A novel biomarker to check environmental pollution hazardous for humans

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 426, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-75

  Fabrini, Raffaele ^a   Bocedi, Alessio ^a   Del Grosso, Erica ^a   Morici, Laura ^a   Federici, Giorgio ^b   Palleschi, Antonio ^a   Ricci, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Contamination; Erythrocyte glutathione transferase; Pollution; Sacco river valley

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIVER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84866333400     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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