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Synergistic Effects of Heavy Metals and Pesticides in Living Systems

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Chemistry, October 2017
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Title
Synergistic Effects of Heavy Metals and Pesticides in Living Systems
Published in
Frontiers in Chemistry, October 2017
DOI 10.3389/fchem.2017.00070
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Authors

Nitika Singh, Vivek Kumar Gupta, Abhishek Kumar, Bechan Sharma

Abstract

There is a widespread repeated exposure of the population to the pesticides and heavy metals of occupational and environmental origin. Such population is forced to undergo continuous stress imposed by combined exposure of the heavy metals and different classes of the pesticides used in agricultural as well as health practices. The existing reports from several workers have indicated that heavy metals and pesticides in combination may lead more severe impact on the human health when compared to their individual effects. Such a combination of pesticides and heavy metals may also change or influence the detection of exposure. Several studies in past have shown the synergistic toxic effects of heavy metals and pesticides. Such evaluations have revealed the synergistic interactions of various heavy metals and pesticides in animals as well as humans. The aim of the present article is to provide a synthesis of existing knowledge on the synergistic effects of heavy metal and pesticides in living systems. The information included in this article may be useful for different environment protection agencies and policy makers to consider the combined effects of heavy metals and pesticides on humans while designing strategies toward environmental protection and safety regulations about human health.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 279 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 14%
Student > Master 34 12%
Student > Bachelor 32 11%
Researcher 24 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 6%
Other 30 11%
Unknown 104 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 37 13%
Environmental Science 34 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 20 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 5%
Chemistry 14 5%
Other 41 15%
Unknown 118 42%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 January 2023.
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#1,326,616
of 25,163,238 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Chemistry
#54
of 6,677 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#26,598
of 330,585 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Chemistry
#2
of 42 outputs
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