Lead exposure and oxidative stress: A systematic review

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 236, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-238

  Almeida Lopes, Ana Carolina B ^a   Peixe, Tiago S ^a   Mesas, Arthur E ^a   Paoliello, Monica M B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLLUTANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LEAD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84942931481     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20013-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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