Epidemiological studies on the heavy and toxic metal content in the human blood and hair of
some smokers from Saudi Arabia were carried out by modern analytical techniques. The …

Barium is an alkaline earth metal whose toxicity is dictated by its compounded salt form:
barium sulfate is insoluble and safe to ingest, but other barium salts (chloride, carbonate …

Elevated lead levels in scavenging raptors can originate from a variety of environmental and
anthropogenic sources, including soil, water, mining activities and legacy lead from leaded …

Introduction In recent years, trace elements have gained importance as biomarkers in many
chronic diseases. Unfortunately, the requirement for sample volume increases with the …

To assess the potential health risk caused by heavy metals twenty-six blood samples were
collected from plastic industry workers based on ages and smoking status in Dhaka …

Alzheimer's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly population and
a leading cause of dementia. Genetics and environmental risk factors were considered to …

Objective Globally millions of people working in various industries and are exposed to
different toxins which may affect their genetic stability and DNA integrity. Present study was …

Arsenic exposure alters redox balance, induces DNA damage, and deregulates many
genes. OGG1 gene involved in base repair mechanism, for excision of 8-oxoguanine (8 …

Oxidative stress and DNA damage are considered as possible mechanisms involved in lead
toxicity. To test this hypothesis, DNA damage and expression variations of aminolevulinic …

In the present work, a simple and green microfluidic-based liquid-liquid microextraction in
combination with smartphone-based on-chip detection was introduced for the determination …