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Association between exposure to arsenic, nickel, cadmium, selenium, and zinc and fasting blood glucose levels.  

 

Urinary 1H NMR metabolomics profile of Italian citizens exposed to background levels of arsenic. A (pre)cautionary tale.  

 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis incidence following exposure to inorganic selenium in drinking water: A long-term follow-up.  

 

Assessment of Endothelial Dysfunction with Methylated Arginines and L-arginine in Cadmium-Exposed People: a Pilot Study.  

 

Implication of Physiological and Biochemical Variables of Prognostic Importance in Lead Exposed Subjects.  

 

A cross-sectional study on school-age children living near a municipal waste incinerator: Urinary metal levels and renal impairment assessment.  

 

Association between cadmium exposure and hearing impairment: a population-based study in Korean adults.  

 

The effects of exposure to lead, cadmium and mercury on follicle-stimulating hormone levels in men and postmenopausal women: data from the Second Korean National Environmental Health Survey (2012-2014).  

 

Does Information on Blood Heavy Metals Improve Cardiovascular Mortality Prediction? [yes it does]

 

 

 

Metal and essential element levels in hair and association with autism severity. 

Prenatal exposure to air pollution as a potential risk factor for autism and ADHD.  

 

Parental occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust in relation to childhood leukaemia and central nervous system cancers: a register-based nested case-control study in Denmark 1968-2016.  

 

Association of Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution With Thyroid Function During Pregnancy.  

 

Ambient Particulate Matter Exposure and Under-Five and Maternal Deaths in Asia.  

 

Associations of air pollution, obesity and cardiometabolic health in young adults: The Meta-AIR study.  

 

Effects of prenatal exposure to air particulate matter on the risk of preterm birth and roles of maternal and cord blood LINE-1 methylation: A birth cohort study in Guangzhou, China.  

 

High Education Level Protects European Americans but Not African Americans Against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: National Health Interview Survey.  

 

 

Maternal Exposure to Environmental Disruptors and Sexually-Dimorphic Changes in Maternal and Neonatal Oxidative Stress. [41 EDCs, including metals, phenols, and phthalates, individually and in mixtures] 

 

Population-based dietary exposure to mercury through fish consumption in the Southern Peruvian Amazon.  

 

Mercury speciation in meconium and associated factors.  

 

Trends of Blood Cadmium Concentration among Workers and Non-Workers in the United States (NHANES 2003-2012).  

 

Toxic elements in packed red blood cells from smoker donors: a risk for paediatric transfusion?  

 

Evaluation of antioxidant activities and essential/toxic metal levels and their health risk assessment in citrus fruits from Pakistan.  

 

Collective exposure to lead from an approved natural product-derived drug in Korea.  

 

Human exposure and risk associated with trace element concentrations in indoor dust from Australian homes.  

Household Smoking Status and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Toenails of Children.    

 

 

Diet as a Source of Exposure to Environmental Contaminants for Pregnant Women and Children from Six European Countries. [OCPs, PBDEs, PCBs, PFAS, heavy metals, phthalates, phenols, and pesticides.]

 

The impact of dietary habits on contaminant exposures. [POPs, metals, etc. “The individuals having a diet more in compliance with the dietary guidelines have a higher exposure to contaminants than individuals having a diet less in compliance…”] 

Appraisal of metallic pollution and ecological risks in agricultural soils of Alborz province, Iran, employing contamination indices and multivariate statistical analyses.  

 

Mercury isotope variations within the marine food web of Chinese Bohai Sea: Implications for mercury sources and biogeochemical cycling.  

 

Occurrence, speciation and fate of mercury in the sewage sludge of China.  

 

Using Mosses as Bioindicators of Potentially Toxic Element Contamination in Ecologically Valuable Areas Located in the Vicinity of a Road: A Case Study.  

 

Forms of mercury in the Baltic mussel (Mytilus trossulus): Human and ecosystem health risk assessment.  

 

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in some commercially important fishes from a tropical river estuary suggests higher potential health risk in children than adults. 

 

Trace Element Concentrations in Livers of Pacific Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) from San Juan County, Washington, USA. 

 

Accumulating Mercury and Methylmercury Burdens in Watersheds Impacted by Oil Sands Pollution.  

 

Variation in Hg accumulation between demersal and pelagic fish from Puruzinho Lake, Brazilian Amazon. 

 

Assessment of heavy metals in benthic macroinvertebrates, water and sediments in River Isiukhu, Kenya. 

 

Heavy Metal, Arsenic and Selenium Concentrations in Bird Feathers from a Region in Southern China Impacted by Intensive Mining of Non-ferrous Metals.  

Source Identification and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Enriched PM2.5 in Tangshan, China.  

 

 

Micropollutants in Lake Como water in the context of circular economy: A snapshot of water cycle contamination in a changing pollution scenario.