Metals, Heavy

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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
MeSH Number(s)	D01.268.556 D01.552.544
Concept/Terms	Metals, Heavy Metals, Heavy Heavy Metals

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Elements [D01.268]
Metals, Heavy [D01.268.556]
Metals [D01.552]
Metals, Heavy [D01.552.544]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	1	1
2009	3	2	5
2010	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	2	0	2
2014	3	1	4
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1

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El-Kady AA, Wade TL, Sweet ST, Klein AG. Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of trace metals in surface sediments of Lake Qaroun, Egypt. Environ Monit Assess. 2019 Jun 05; 191(7):413.

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Mihaileanu RG, Neamtiu IA, Fleming M, Pop C, Bloom MS, Roba C, Surcel M, Stamatian F, Gurzau E. Assessment of heavy metals (total chromium, lead, and manganese) contamination of residential soil and homegrown vegetables near a former chemical manufacturing facility in Tarnaveni, Romania. Environ Monit Assess. 2018 Dec 08; 191(1):8.

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Ou Y, Bloom MS, Nie Z, Han F, Mai J, Chen J, Lin S, Liu X, Zhuang J. Associations between toxic and essential trace elements in maternal blood and fetal congenital heart defects. Environ Int. 2017 09; 106:127-134.

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McQueen AD, Kinley CM, Hendrikse M, Gaspari DP, Calomeni AJ, Iwinski KJ, Castle JW, Haakensen MC, Peru KM, Headley JV, Rodgers JH. A risk-based approach for identifying constituents of concern in oil sands process-affected water from the Athabasca Oil Sands region. Chemosphere. 2017 Apr; 173:340-350.

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Butts CD, Bloom MS, Frye CA, Walf AA, Parsons PJ, Steuerwald AJ, Ilonze C, Fujimoto VY. Urine cortisol concentration as a biomarker of stress is unrelated to IVF outcomes in women and men. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2014 Dec; 31(12):1647-53.

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Kim K, Bloom MS, Kruger PC, Parsons PJ, Arnason JG, Byun Y, Goins S, Fujimoto VY. Toxic metals in seminal plasma and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. Environ Res. 2014 Aug; 133:334-7.

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Davis HT, Aelion CM, Lawson AB, Cai B, McDermott S. Associations between land cover categories, soil concentrations of arsenic, lead and barium, and population race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Sci Total Environ. 2014 Aug 15; 490:1051-6.

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Onicescu G, Lawson AB, McDermott S, Aelion CM, Cai B. Bayesian importance parameter modeling of misaligned predictors: soil metal measures related to residential history and intellectual disability in children. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2014 Sep; 21(18):10775-86.

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Caruso RV, O'Connor RJ, Stephens WE, Cummings KM, Fong GT. Toxic metal concentrations in cigarettes obtained from U.S. smokers in 2009: results from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) United States survey cohort. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Dec 20; 11(1):202-17.

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Kim D, Bloom MS, Parsons PJ, Fitzgerald EF, Bell EM, Steuerwald AJ, Fujimoto VY. A pilot study of seafood consumption and exposure to mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic among infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2013 Jul; 36(1):30-4.

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