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Editorial
. 2022 Jul 9;10(7):382.
doi: 10.3390/toxics10070382.

Neurotoxicity of Environmental Metal Toxicants: Special Issue

Richard Ortega  1 , Asuncion Carmona  1
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Editorial

Neurotoxicity of Environmental Metal Toxicants: Special Issue

Richard Ortega et al. Toxics. .

Abstract

Environmental exposure to metallic neurotoxicants is a matter of growing concern, since it may have very significant consequences for human health, from impairing neurodevelopment in children to the neurodegeneration processes involved in aging [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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