Journal of Toxicology

Metals and Disease


Publishing date
01 Oct 2011
Status
Published
Submission deadline
01 Apr 2011

1Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

2Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar

3Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA


Metals and Disease

Description

Metals have played a major role in human history as well as in medicine. Usage of metals and metal compounds in industry, agriculture, and medicine results in higher exposure of humans to those chemicals. However, while some metals are essential for functionality of physiological processes, others are solely toxic. We like to highlight the beneficial effects of metals as they are used in modern medicine (e.g., cancer treatment) and contrast them with the multiple effects, which might occur as side effects of treatment or just by exposure to the (contaminated) environment.

For this special issue we particularly take an interest in review manuscripts, but we are open for original research articles on the topic, that report relevance of metals and metals compounds in human nutrition, diagnosis, therapy, environmental exposure, and toxicity. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Impairment of the nervous system and cognitive function(s)
  • Interaction with immune system
  • Kidney and Nephrotoxicity
  • Hearing and Ototoxicity
  • Cardiovascular (including blood pressure regulation) treatment and impairment
  • Cancer treatment and side effects
  • Malnutrition (e.g., missing of essential metals)

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jt/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 825354
  • - Editorial

Metals and Disease

Ana-Maria Florea | Dietrich Büsselberg | David Carpenter
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 132671
  • - Review Article

Metal Toxicity at the Synapse: Presynaptic, Postsynaptic, and Long-Term Effects

Sanah Sadiq | Zena Ghazala | ... | Dietrich Büsselberg
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 431287
  • - Review Article

Arsenic Exposure and the Induction of Human Cancers

Victor D. Martinez | Emily A. Vucic | ... | Wan L. Lam
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 319136
  • - Review Article

Metals and Disease: A Global Primary Health Care Perspective

Ravinder Mamtani | Penny Stern | ... | Sohaila Cheema
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 870125
  • - Review Article

Heavy Metal Poisoning and Cardiovascular Disease

Eman M. Alissa | Gordon A. Ferns
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 159619
  • - Research Article

Metals and Breast Cancer: Risk Factors or Healing Agents?

Ana-Maria Florea | Dietrich Büsselberg
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 983072
  • - Review Article

Recognizing and Preventing Overexposure to Methylmercury from Fish and Seafood Consumption: Information for Physicians

Susan M. Silbernagel | David O. Carpenter | ... | Frederick M. Schiavone
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 796719
  • - Research Article

Cytotoxicity of Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Aluminum in Murine Thymocytes and Lymphocytes

Jamal Kamalov | David O. Carpenter | Irina Birman
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 832519
  • - Research Article

Early Effects of Long-Term Neurotoxic Lead Exposure in Copper Works Employees

Irina Böckelmann | Eberhard Pfister | Sabine Darius
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