Environmental pollution by mercury and related health concerns: Renotice of a silent threat

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-181

  Mostafalou, Sara ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; ANTIOXIDANT; COSMETIC; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; PAINT; PESTICIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOREDOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LAKE; LETTER; MERCURIALISM; MERCURY THERMOMETER; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RIVER; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; MERCURY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877955740     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-64-2013-2325     Document Type: Letter

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