Hair Mercury Association with Selenium, Serum Lipid Spectrum, and Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase Activity in Adults

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 255-262

  Tinkov, Alexey A ^a,b   Skalnaya, Margarita G ^c   Demidov, Vasily A ^c   Serebryansky, Eugeny P ^c   Nikonorov, Alexandr A ^a   Skalny, Anatoly V ^b,c,d  

^a ORENBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b YAROSLAVL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ANO Centre for Biotic Medicine   (Russian Federation)

^d ORENBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gamma glutamyl transferase; Hair; Mercury; Mercury to selenium ratio; Selenium; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HAIR; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84922002699     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-014-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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