Cellular mechanisms of cadmium-induced toxicity: A review

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 378-399

  Rani, Anju ^a   Kumar, Anuj ^b   Lal, Ankita ^a   Pant, Manu ^a  

^a GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JCDM College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cadmium oxidative stress; DNA repair; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CIGARETTE SMOKE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; CYTOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPAIR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CADMIUM POISONING; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM POISONING; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84900031776     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.835032     Document Type: Review

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