Bioavailable Aluminum: Its Effects on Human Health

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 331-342

  Walton, J R ^a  

^a Australian Institute for Biomedical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Alzheimer disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism dementia of Guam; Chronic kidney failure; Dialysis encephalopathy; Iron; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neurotoxins; Occupational diseases; Oxidative stress; Parkinson disease; Protein phosphatase 2A; Senile plaques; Total parenteral nutrition; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069882791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00715-7     Document Type: Chapter

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