Biomarkers of mercury toxicity: Past, present, and future trends

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 119-154

  Branco, Vasco ^a   Caito, Sam ^b   Farina, Marcelo ^c   Teixeira da Rocha, João ^d   Aschner, Michael ^b   Carvalho, Cristina ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IC50; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MERCURIALISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85017104928     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2017.1289834     Document Type: Article

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