Environmental Exposure to Metals and Human Health
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Toxicology and Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 592
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental epidemiology; trace and toxic metals; exposure biomarkers; health effects of exposures to chemical mixtures; early life health outcomes; dietary exposure to toxicants; health risk assessment; interventions to reduce exposures
2. CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; dietary assessment; cancer, obesity; age-related macular disease; maternal-child health; Mediterranean diet; pollutants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Exposure to metals and metalloids (here, “metals”) is a public health concern. Pregnant women, infants, and children might be particularly vulnerable to the effects of environmental exposure to metals, which may cause lifelong health effects. Yet, limited data exist on the health effects of exposure to metal mixtures. Ingestion of metals from food or water is one of the primary sources of joint exposure to metals, besides inhalation and dermal contact. Existing analytical techniques are capable to measure metal concentrations in biological samples and are commonly used as a proxy of metals exposure.
This Special Issue aims to better understand the pathways of exposure, the validity of metal exposure biomarkers, the health risks associated with exposure to metal mixtures, and interventions to reduce harmful aggregate exposures. Studies focused on vulnerable subpopulations will be prioritized. For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Antonio Signes-Pastor
Prof. Dr. Jesus Vioque
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental exposure
- metals mixture
- biomarkers
- exposure sources
- pregnancy
- infants
- children
