The current exposure of human populations to toxic metals makes the prevention and control of such exposures crucial. Biomarkers are undoubtably recognized as vital tools to achieve these goals.
The current exposure of human populations to toxic metals makes the prevention and control of such exposures crucial. Biomarkers are undoubtably recognized as vital tools to achieve these goals. This book is for researchers, toxicologists, physicians, pharmacologists and those working in governmental regulatory agencies and other public health fields. The first part of this book covers general aspects of biomarkers of toxic metals, while parts 2 and 3 cover biomarkers of xenobiotic metals and essential metals with potential for toxicity, respectively. In part 4, novel approaches to metal biomarkers are focused.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. Metals: Pollution and Health Impacts. Biomarkers, an Overview. Application Fields of Metal Biomarkers. BIOMARKERS OF XENOBIOTIC METALS. Aluminium. Arsenic. Cadmium. Chromium. Lead. Mercury. BIOMARKERS OF ESSENTIAL METALS WITH POTENTIAL FOR TOXICITY. Copper. Iron. Magnesium. Manganese. Zinc. NOVEL TRENDS IN METALS BIOMARKERS. Biomarkers of Metal Mixtures. Multibiomarker Approaches.
Vanda Maria Falcão Espada Lopes de Andrade has a PhD in Pharmacy/Toxicology with her thesis devoted to biomarkers in Occupational Toxicology. Currently is Invited Adjunct Professor in the Santarém Agrarian School of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, where she is regent of curricular units focusing on Analytical, Food and Environmental Toxicology. Her research activity in the Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV) and in the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) have been mainly devoted to metal biomarkers and metal food contamination.
