Heavy Metals Toxicity in Biological Systems

Contributor(s):

Abbas Ali Mahdi (Editor)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: NewDelhi Discovery Publishing House Pvt Ltd 2019Description: 215pISBN:

9789386841841

Subject(s):

Heavy metals and chemical elements

DDC classification:

615.907 HEA.H

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Campus Library Kariavattom Processing Center	Campus Library Kariavattom	615.907 HEA.H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		UCL30569

Heavy metals are chemical elements with a specific gravity greater than 5.0. Among the 90 naturally occurring elements, 21 are non-metals, 16 are light metals, and the remaining 53 are heavy metals. The majority of naturally occurring elements, which from a biological perspective is not very helpful. However, only a limited number of heavy metals are soluble under physiological conditions and bioavailable to living organisms.

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