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Nutrient-toxicant interactions: susceptible populations.

Author(s) -

Kathryn R. Mahaffey,

J. E. Vanderveen

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.792981

Subject(s) - toxicant , pollutant , biology , nutrient , toxicity , pesticide , toxicology , environmental health , physiology , medicine , ecology

Nutritional status can substantially modify the toxicity of environmental pollutants. Investigations with experimental animals and epidemiological observations on humans have established the role of nutrition in altering susceptibility to a variety of pollutants including pesticides and heavy metals. The degree of nutritional deficiency that alters susceptibility need not be severe. Frequently only biochemical indications of nutritional deficiency can be associated with changes in the dose-response of an animal or person to a toxic compound.

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