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Environmental and chemical risk factors for breast cancer: A review of the current understanding of environmental toxic metal-induced breast malignancies, Nigeria

The Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science, 2022
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide, with an increasing number of new cases each year. The incidence of breast cancer is sadly increasing at the same time as environmental toxicants, particularly in Africa nations like ...
Oyebola O. Sonuga, Ayobola A. Sonuga, Elvis E. Awah, Temitope E. Ogunsanya   +3 more
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Review On Some Heavy Metals Toxicity On Freshwater Fishes

Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, 2020
Heavy metals contamination is a serious problem in the aquatic environment. Some of them are very important, having biological roles for aquatic organisms, and called essential heavy metals.
Shahbaa K. AL-Taee, Karam H., Hana Kh.Ismail   +2 more
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The distribution of toxic metals in the human retina and optic nerve head: Implications for age-related macular degeneration.

PLoS ONE, 2020
ObjectiveToxic metals are suspected to play a role in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. However, difficulties in detecting the presence of multiple toxic metals within the intact human retina, and in separating primary metal toxicity ...
Roger Pamphlett, Svetlana Cherepanoff, Lay Khoon Too, Stephen Kum Jew, Philip A Doble, David P Bishop   +5 more
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Assessing Leaching of Potentially Hazardous Elements from Cookware during Cooking: A Serious Public Health Concern

Toxics, 2023
The intake of toxic metals from cooking utensils through food is of growing concern to the medical community. This intake poses serious risk to human health.
Saif Ali Ali Sultan, Fawad Ahmed Khan, Abdul Wahab, Batool Fatima, Hira Khalid, Ali Bahader, Sher Zaman Safi, Chandrabose Selvaraj, Abid Ali, Suliman Yousef Alomar, Muhammad Imran   +10 more
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Quercetin and Male Fertility: A Literature Review [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2023
Background: Infertility causes social and psychological distress and has negative economic effects on healthcare systems. Infertility is the incapability to conceive after at least 12 months of unprotected regular sexual intercourse.
Sahar Poudineh, Alireza Sarlak, Shima Mohamadian, Siamak Najafi, Esmaeil Behzadi, Maryam Poudineh   +5 more
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Urinary trace metals, maternal circulating angiogenic biomarkers, and preeclampsia: a single-contaminant and mixture-based approach

Environmental Health, 2019
Background Exposures to toxic metals and deficiencies in essential metals disrupt placentation and may contribute to preeclampsia. However, effects of exposure to combinations of metals remain unknown.
Paige A. Bommarito, Stephani S. Kim, John D. Meeker, Rebecca C. Fry, David E. Cantonwine, Thomas F. McElrath, Kelly K. Ferguson   +6 more
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Advances in “Omics” Approaches for Improving Toxic Metals/Metalloids Tolerance in Plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production. Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity, which is further aggravated by extreme anthropogenic activities and ...
Ali Raza, Javaria Tabassum, Zainab Zahid, Sidra Charagh, Shanza Bashir, Rutwik Barmukh, Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan, Fernando Barbosa, Chong Zhang, Hua Chen, Weijian Zhuang, Rajeev K. Varshney, Rajeev K. Varshney, Rajeev K. Varshney   +13 more
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Quantification of toxic metals using machine learning techniques and spark emission spectroscopy [PDF]

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) includes toxic metal suspected or associated with development of cancer.
S. A. Davari, A. S. Wexler, A. S. Wexler, A. S. Wexler   +3 more
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Toxic and Essential Metals in Human Health and Disease 2021

Biomolecules, 2022
The Special Issue of Biomolecules called “Toxic and Essential Metals in Human Health and Disease 2021” represents a follow-up of the previous Special Issue with the name of “Toxic and Essential Metals in Human Health and Disease” [...]
Jan O. Aaseth
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The Severity of Autism Is Associated with Toxic Metal Body Burden and Red Blood Cell Glutathione Levels

Journal of Toxicology, 2009
This study investigated the relationship of children's autism symptoms with their toxic metal body burden and red blood cell (RBC) glutathione levels. In children ages 3–8 years, the severity of autism was assessed using four tools: ADOS, PDD-BI, ATEC ...
J. B. Adams, M. Baral, E. Geis, J. Mitchell, J. Ingram, A. Hensley, I. Zappia, S. Newmark, E. Gehn, R. A. Rubin, K. Mitchell, J. Bradstreet, J. M. El-Dahr   +12 more
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