Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 4
Association of adverse birth outcomes with prenatal exposure to vanadium: a population-based cohort study
Summary
Background Vanadium, an important pollutant produced from anthropogenic activities, has been suggested to be embryotoxic and fetotoxic in animal studies. However, little is known about its effects on humans. We aimed to assess the association of prenatal exposure to vanadium with the risk of adverse birth outcomes in babies born to women in China.
Methods For this population-based cohort study, the Healthy Baby Cohort, women were recruited from three cities in Hubei ...
Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 3
Association between cadmium exposure and urolithiasis risk
A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
Background: We performed a meta-analysis to determine whether a consistent relationship exists between cadmium exposure and urolithiasis in humans. Accordingly, we summarized and reviewed previously published quantitative studies.
Methods: Eligible studies with reference lists published before June 1, 2017 were obtained from searching several databases. Random effects models were used to summary the overall estimate of the multivariate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% con...
Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 2
Assessment of the potential health risks associated with the aluminium, arsenic, cadmium and lead content in selected fruits and vegetables grown in Jamaica
A B S T R A C T
Thirteen Jamaican-grown food crops − ackee (Blighia sapida), banana (Musa acuminate), cabbage (Brassica oleracea), carrot (Daucus carota), cassava (Manihot esculenta), coco (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), dasheen (Colocasia esculenta), Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum), pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo), sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and turnip (Brassica rapa) ...
Nutrição e Exposição aos metais tóxicos e efeitos à saúde – Artigo 1
A Case-Control Study of Skin Cancer and Exposure of Toxic Heavy Metals
Dear Editor:
The prevalence of skin cancer is increasing in Korea1. Although increased public awareness has contributed to this trend, other risk factors or mechanisms in addition to ultraviolet-exposure may be involved. It is known that exposure to heavy metals contributes to the development of
skin cancers2. The main threats to human health are associated with toxic heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and lead2. However, there have been few quantitative analyses of the effects of toxic heavy ...
