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[The effects of chromium on human health]
B Hrabac1, Z Rimpapa, M Stranjak
1Institut za patolosku fiziologiju, Institut za medicinsku bemiju, Medicinski fakultet, Sarajevo.
Arhiv Za Higijenu Rada I Toksikologiju
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
This is a review of studies dealing with the physiological role of chromium in the body and its harmful effects to human health. Trivalent chromium is discussed as a trace element essential to normal metabolism of hydrocarbons and to functioning of some enzymes. Toxic and carcinogenic effects of chromium due to occupational exposure, environmental pollution, food contamination and accidental poisoning are described.