"Metals, Heavy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Metals with high specific gravity, typically larger than 5. They have complex spectra, form colored salts and double salts, have a low electrode potential, are mainly amphoteric, yield weak bases and weak acids, and are oxidizing or reducing agents (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D019216
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556 D01.552.544
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metals, Heavy" by people in Profiles.
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Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of trace metals in surface sediments of Lake Qaroun, Egypt. Environ Monit Assess. 2019 Jun 05; 191(7):413.
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Assessment of heavy metals (total chromium, lead, and manganese) contamination of residential soil and homegrown vegetables near a former chemical manufacturing facility in Tarnaveni, Romania. Environ Monit Assess. 2018 Dec 08; 191(1):8.
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Associations between toxic and essential trace elements in maternal blood and fetal congenital heart defects. Environ Int. 2017 09; 106:127-134.
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A risk-based approach for identifying constituents of concern in oil sands process-affected water from the Athabasca Oil Sands region. Chemosphere. 2017 Apr; 173:340-350.
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Urine cortisol concentration as a biomarker of stress is unrelated to IVF outcomes in women and men. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2014 Dec; 31(12):1647-53.
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Toxic metals in seminal plasma and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. Environ Res. 2014 Aug; 133:334-7.
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Associations between land cover categories, soil concentrations of arsenic, lead and barium, and population race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Sci Total Environ. 2014 Aug 15; 490:1051-6.
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Bayesian importance parameter modeling of misaligned predictors: soil metal measures related to residential history and intellectual disability in children. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2014 Sep; 21(18):10775-86.
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Toxic metal concentrations in cigarettes obtained from U.S. smokers in 2009: results from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) United States survey cohort. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Dec 20; 11(1):202-17.
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A pilot study of seafood consumption and exposure to mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic among infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2013 Jul; 36(1):30-4.