TY - JOUR
T1 - Hexavalent chromium
T2 - Regulation and health effects
AU - Alvarez, Carla Cedillo
AU - Bravo Gómez, María Elena
AU - Hernández Zavala, Araceli
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier GmbH
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Despite the knowledge about heavy metals toxicity on humans, its use is widely spread mainly for industrial processes. Chromium is an element that belongs to this group and although it is present in our daily diet, it can also be harmful for humans, causing skin allergies and increasing the risk of lung cancer, among other health effects reported. In this review, we highlight its nutritional role, its toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic in humans, its regulation in the industry and the biomonitoring proposal of this element in blood and urine samples with the aim to control the level of exposure of the workers in military industry and also of the general population.
AB - Despite the knowledge about heavy metals toxicity on humans, its use is widely spread mainly for industrial processes. Chromium is an element that belongs to this group and although it is present in our daily diet, it can also be harmful for humans, causing skin allergies and increasing the risk of lung cancer, among other health effects reported. In this review, we highlight its nutritional role, its toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic in humans, its regulation in the industry and the biomonitoring proposal of this element in blood and urine samples with the aim to control the level of exposure of the workers in military industry and also of the general population.
KW - Chromium
KW - Health effects
KW - Occupational asthma
KW - Regulation
KW - Toxicity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101357032&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126729
DO - 10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126729
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 33610058
AN - SCOPUS:85101357032
SN - 0946-672X
VL - 65
JO - Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
JF - Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
M1 - 126729
ER -
