Mercury and Methylmercury Toxicology and Risk Assessment

• Autore: Chan Laurie Hing Man
• Pubblicazione: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (142 p.)
• Soggetto non controllato: toxicity; Cd; chemokine; sympathodominant state; child development; mRNA; exposure assessment; methylmercury; Pb; prenatal exposure; heart rate variability; review; cortical precursors; CCL4; Fish; delayed toxicity; dose-response relationship; Hg; severity; low-dose exposure; long term exposure; methylmercury neurotoxicity; brain; correlation of signs and symptoms; developmental neurotoxicity; symptoms; molecular mechanisms; neurological findings; delayed effects; kinetics; fetus; oxidative stress; mercury vapor; metallothionein-III
• Sommario/riassunto: Mercury is a global pollutant that affects the health of both humans and ecosystems. This Special Issue collects three review papers and six research articles that report on the latest findings on the mechanisms of mercury toxicology and its impacts on environmental health. This collection of papers provides useful, new information on the mechanisms of mercury toxicity and methods of improving the risk assessment of mercury exposure.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mercury and Methylmercury Toxicology and Risk Assessment
• ISBN: 3-03897-971-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910346688503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II