Biomarkers of Toxic Metals

Vanda Maria Falcão Espada Lopes de Andrade has a PhD in Pharmacy/Toxicology with her thesis devoted to biomarkers in Occupational Toxicology. Currently is Invited Adjunct Professor in the Santarém Agrarian School of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, where she is regent of curricular units focusing on Analytical, Food and Environmental Toxicology. Her research activity in the Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV) and in the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) have been mainly devoted to metal biomarkers and metal food contamination.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. Metals: Pollution and Health Impacts. Biomarkers, an Overview. Application Fields of Metal Biomarkers. BIOMARKERS OF XENOBIOTIC METALS. Aluminium. Arsenic. Cadmium. Chromium. Lead. Mercury. BIOMARKERS OF ESSENTIAL METALS WITH POTENTIAL FOR TOXICITY. Copper. Iron. Magnesium. Manganese. Zinc. NOVEL TRENDS IN METALS BIOMARKERS. Biomarkers of Metal Mixtures. Multibiomarker Approaches.