"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)
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D019216
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556 D01.552.544
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 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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Heavy metal pollution and risks in a highly polluted and populated Indian river-city pair using the systems approach. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Aug; 29(40):60212-60231.
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Comparison of cyanide-degrading nitrilases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2005 Aug; 68(3):327-35.
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Metal-1,4-dithio-2,3-dihydroxybutane chelates: novel inhibitors of the Rho transcription termination factor. Biochemistry. 2003 Aug 05; 42(30):9121-6.
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Metal dependency for transcription factor rho activation. Biochemistry. 2003 Feb 18; 42(6):1652-9.