Lipoperoxidation products and thiol antioxidants in chromium exposed workers

Hexavalent chromium is an established carcinogenic agent, which is not directly reactive with DNA. Its genotoxicity involves a reduction step, producing reactive oxygen species and radicals, and also lower valence forms which form stable complexes with intracellular macromolecules. The trivalent for...

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Main Author: Goulart, M (author)
Other Authors: Batoreu, MC (author), Rodrigues, AS (author), Laires, A (author), Rueff, J (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21633
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/21633