The use of salivary biomarkers in occupational and environmental medicine
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 64 (3), 202-210
- https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2006.026567
Abstract
A wide range of biomarkers is measurable in saliva, including heavy metals (eg, lead), hormones (eg, cortisol, dehydroxyepiandrosterone (DHEA)), toxins and their metabolites (eg, cotinine), enzymes (eg, lysozyme, α-amylase), immunoglobulins (eg, IgA), other proteins (eg, eosinophil cationic protein) and DNA. Researchers are also studying the proteomic components of saliva in the hope of identifying novel biomarkers of disease.2,3Keywords
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