Toxicity, mechanism and health effects of some heavy metals

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 60-72

  Jaishankar, Monisha ^a   Tseten, Tenzin ^a   Anbalagan, Naresh ^a   Mathew, Blessy B ^a   Beeregowda, Krishnamurthy N ^a  

^a R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

free radicals; heavy metals; metal toxicity; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY;

ABSORPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARSENIC POISONING; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTAMINATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCRETION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84910613290     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/intox-2014-0009     Document Type: Review

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