Heavy Metals and Human Health: Possible Exposure Pathways and the Competition for Protein Binding Sites
Heavy metals enter the human body through the gastrointestinal tract, skin, or via inhalation. Toxic metals have proven to be a major threat to human health, mostly because of their ability to cause membrane and DNA damage, and to perturb protein function and enzyme activity. These metals disturb na...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-10-01
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Series: | Molecules |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/19/6060 |