Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Health Hazards of Heavy Metal Pollution
Isidora V. Deljanin, Davor Z. Antanasijević, Viktor V. Pocajt, Aleksandra A. Perić-Grujić, and Mirjana Đ. Ristić (Innovation Center of the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 2. The Role and Health Risk of Heavy Metals in Human Organism
Ivana Savic-Gajic, Ivan M. Savic and Dragoljub Gajic (Faculty of Technology, University of Nis, Leskovac, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 3. Effects of Mercury in the Cardiovascular System: A Focus on the Role of the Endothelium in Vascular Toxicity
Mariana Appel Hort and Marcelo Farina (Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 4. Effects of Exposure to Soil Contaminated by Metals: A Review of the Experimental Approach using Rodents
Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Júnior, Edariane Menestrino Garcia, Marina dos Santos, Pablo Espinosa Gill, Laiz Honscha Coutelle, Audrey Senandes Campos, Caroline Lopes Feijó Fernandes, Ronan Adler Tavella, Paulo Roberto Martins Baisch, and Ana Luíza Muccillo-Baisch (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande, Brazil)
Chapter 5. Antimicrobial Functionalized Textiles: The Role of Heavy Metal Application
Boris Mahltig and Hajo Haase, Hochschule Niederrhein (University of Applied Science, Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, Mönchengladbach, Germany, and others)
Chapter 6. Thallium Poisoning: A Mini-Review
Chu-Yun Huang,Chi-Hung Liu and Chin-Chang Huang (Graduate School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, and others)
Chapter 7. Survey of Heavy Metal Pollution, Human Exposure and Public Health Implication in Nigeria: A Review
John Kanayochukwu Nduka Jude Chinedu Onwuka and Linus Obi Ezenweke (Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Research Unit, Pure and Industry Chemistry Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, and others)
Index