Metals

"Metals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

Electropositive chemical elements characterized by ductility, malleability, luster, and conductance of heat and electricity. They can replace the hydrogen of an acid and form bases with hydroxyl radicals. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

Descriptor ID	D008670
MeSH Number(s)	D01.552
Concept/Terms	Metals Metals

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Metals".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Metals [D01.552]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Metals".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Metals".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Metals" by people in this website by year, and whether "Metals" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 106 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2010 and 2011

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	2	1	3
2000	2	1	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	3	4
2003	1	2	3
2004	1	1	2
2005	3	3	6
2006	4	1	5
2007	1	2	3
2008	2	4	6
2009	0	2	2
2010	4	5	9
2011	5	4	9
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	0	2	2
2015	4	0	4
2016	2	2	4
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	4	5
2019	4	3	7
2020	3	2	5
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	2	3
2024	0	1	1
2025	7	0	7

Below are the most recent publications written about "Metals" by people in Profiles.

Wagoner RS, Lopez-Galvez NI, Canales RA, Farland LV, von Hippel FA, de Zapien JG, Rosales CB, Beamer PI, Furlong MA. Longitudinal Nephrotoxic Metal Exposure in a Cohort of Farm Workers in Sonora, Mexico. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Dec 01; 67(12):1005-1013.

View in: PubMed
Wagoner RS, L?pez-G?lvez NI, Casarez IJ, Canales RA, Beamer PI, Farland LV, von Hippel FA, de Zapien JG, Rosales CB, Furlong MA. Longitudinal associations and interactions of heat and metal(loid) exposure with kidney outcomes in Mexican agricultural workers. Environ Res. 2025 Nov 15; 285(Pt 3):122533.

View in: PubMed
Costa SSL, Alves JC, da Silva EV, da Silva JM, Xavier LS, Ribeiro VS, ?vila DVL, Souza SO, Garcia CAB, da Rocha GO, Araujo RGO. Trace metal chemical fractionation in airborne particulate matter from a tropical urban area in Brazil. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2025 Jul; 32(31):18763-18778.

View in: PubMed
Maniaci B, Mealka M, Bobkov AA, Stec B, Huxford T, Love JJ. Incorporating Metal-Ligand and Salt-Bridge Interactions in the Design of Protein Heterodimers. Biochemistry. 2025 Aug 05; 64(15):3237-3247.

View in: PubMed
Contreras EM, von Hippel FA, Cameron S, Del Simone K, Amir Abdul Nasir AF, Postlethwait J, Wilson R. Tissue tropism of toxic metals in northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) and northern brown bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus) on Groote Eylandt, Australia. PLoS One. 2025; 20(6):epone.0322386.

View in: PubMed
Rodr?guez Quintana S, von Hippel FA, Orozco M, Solomons N, Billheimer D, Sans-Fuentes MA, Amistadi MK, Sneed S, Beamer P, Zamora A, Rivera E, Forsten R, Gandhi P. Exposure to toxic metal(loid)s via breastmilk and stunting in infants living in the Lake Atitl?n watershed, Guatemala. Environ Pollut. 2025 Jun 15; 375:126273.

View in: PubMed
Ibrahimou B, Burchfield S, Sun N. PM2.5 Speciation Chemicals and Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS): Uncovering the Interactions of Maternal Health, Environmental Metal Pollutants, and Sociodemographic Factors. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 May 01; 67(5):322-329.

View in: PubMed
Schildroth S, Kordas K, White RF, Friedman A, Placidi D, Smith D, Lucchini RG, Wright RO, Horton M, Claus Henn B. An Industry-Relevant Metal Mixture, Iron Status, and Reported Attention-Related Behaviors in Italian Adolescents. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Feb; 132(2):27008.

View in: PubMed
Onyenaka C, Idowu KA, Ha NP, Graviss EA, Olaleye OA. Anti-Tuberculosis Potential of OJT008 against Active and Multi-Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: In Silico and In Vitro Inhibition of Methionine Aminopeptidase. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 05; 24(24).

View in: PubMed
David GK, Hunter AH, Moromizato KH, Allen CM, Wheatley R, von Hippel FA, Niehaus AC, Wilson RS. Pre-cleaning of hair is not beneficial in LA-ICP-MS studies of chronic metal exposure. PLoS One. 2023; 18(8):e0289635.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals