Inorganic and methylmercury levels in plasma are differentially associated with age, gender, and oxidative stress markers in a population exposed to mercury through fish consumption

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 77, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 69-79

  Carneiro, Maria Fernanda Hornos ^a   Grotto, Denise ^a,b   Barbosa Jr , Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOROCABA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEAFOOD; SEX FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894600958     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2014.865584     Document Type: Article

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