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Heavy Metals and Human Health

Year: 2012

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Metals occur naturally in the earth's crust, and their contents in the environment can vary between different regions resulting in spatial variations of background concentrations. The distribution of metals in the environment is governed by the properties of the metal and influences of environmental factors (Khlifi & Hamza-Chaffai, 2010). Of the 92 naturally

Source: InTech eBooks

Parent work: Environmental Health - Emerging Issues and Practice

DOI: 10.5772/29869

Authors: Simone Morais, Fernando Garcia e Costa, Maria de Lourdes Pereir

Institutions: Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, University of Aveiro

Language: English

Topic: Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Centro de Investigação em Materiais Cerâmicos e Compósitos