Mercury levels assessment and its relationship with oxidative stress biomarkers in children from three localities in Yucatan, Mexico

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 187-196

  Rangel Méndez, Jorge A ^a,b   Arcega Cabrera, Flor E ^b   Fargher, Lane F ^c   Moo Puc, Rosa E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

GSH; MDA; Mercury; Multivariate analysis; Oxidative stress; PON 1

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; HEALTH RISKS; METAL DRAWING; METAL WORKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; GSH; MDA; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR RELATIONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS BIOMARKERS; PON-1; TOXICITY MECHANISMS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; CHILD; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MEXICO; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOCIAL STATUS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MEXICO; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84946811067     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.152     Document Type: Article

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