"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)
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D019216
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556 D01.552.544
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 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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Heavy metal exposure and hepatitis C virus infection: A cross-sectional study. J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2025 Aug; 90:127687.
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Metal phyto-accumulation potential, biochemical response, and health risk assessment of selected wheat varieties grown in municipal sewage sludge amended soils. Int J Phytoremediation. 2025 Mar; 27(4):492-504.
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Urinary heavy metals and overall survival of advanced high-grade serous ovarian cancer: A nested case-control study in China. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2024 Nov 01; 286:117176.
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Exposure-associated DNA methylation among people exposed to multiple industrial pollutants. Clin Epigenetics. 2024 Aug 20; 16(1):111.
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Effects of diverse irrigation with wastewater in soil and plants: assessing the risk of metal to the animal food chain. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Apr; 29(18):27140-27149.
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Heavy metal pollution of soils and risk assessment in Houston, Texas following Hurricane Harvey. Environ Pollut. 2022 Mar 01; 296:118717.
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Environmental exposure to metals and the risk of high blood pressure: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2015-2016. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jan; 29(1):531-542.
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Relative contribution of rice and fish consumption to bioaccessibility-corrected health risks for urban residents in eastern China. Environ Int. 2021 10; 155:106682.
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Metal accumulation potential, human health risks, and yield attributes of hundred bread wheat genotypes on irrigation with municipal and remediated wastewater. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Jul; 28(26):35023-35037.
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Toxicity of nanomaterials due to photochemical degradation and the release of heavy metal ions. Nanoscale. 2020 Nov 12; 12(43):22049-22058.