Lead toxicity, antioxidant defense and environment

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 238, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-67

  Carocci, Alessia ^a   Catalano, Alessia ^a   Lauria, Graziantonio ^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

ANTIOXIDANT; LEAD; POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LEAD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84979276215     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/398_2015_5003     Document Type: Chapter

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