"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D019216
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556 D01.552.544
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 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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Exposure to heavy metals in utero and autism spectrum disorder at age 3: a meta-analysis of two longitudinal cohorts of siblings of children with autism. Environ Health. 2024 Jul 05; 23(1):62.
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The association of urine metals and metal mixtures with cardiovascular incidence in an adult population from Spain: the Hortega Follow-Up Study. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 12 01; 48(6):1839-1849.
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Autism spectrum disorders in relation to distribution of hazardous air pollutants in the san francisco bay area. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Sep; 114(9):1438-44.