Mercury toxicity and neurodegenerative effects

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 229, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-18

  Carocci, Alessia ^a   Rovito, Nicola ^b   Sinicropi, Maria Stefania ^b   Genchi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG TOXICITY; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; PHARMACOKINETICS;

ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MERCURY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHARMACOKINETICS; TOXICITY;

EID: 84958545891     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03777-6_1     Document Type: Review

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