The dubious origin of beryllium toxicity
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Open Access
- 7 March 2023
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Structural Chemistry
- Vol. 34 (2) , 391-398
Abstract
Four mechanisms have been proposed in the literature to explain beryllium toxicity; they can be divided in two groups of two mechanisms: (i) replacement type: models 1 and 2; (ii) addition type: models 3 and 4. At this moment is not possible to select the best model not even to establish if one of these models will be the ultimate mechanism of beryllium toxicity. However, it is important to know the still open discussion about something so important associated with one of the simplest elements of the periodic table.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PID2021-125207NB-C32, PID2021-125207NB-C32)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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