Alica Pizent

Dr. Alica Pizent

Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska cesta 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Employment: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia, since 1989. Area of scientific interest:  Biological monitoring of occupational and environmental exposure to metals/metalloids;  Health effects of metals/metalloids, pesticides and lifestyle in humans: male infertility, testicular and prostate cancer, oxidative stress;  Multielement exposure and interaction between toxic and essential metals/metalloids;  Metabolomics, biomarkers. Research projects: Principal investigator - national project (2007-2011: Reproductive Health Effects of Toxic and Essential Metals in Men, Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, Republic of Croatia, MSES 022-0222411-2408); Associate - two international projects (1989-1991: The Effect of Lead on the Reproduction Ability in Men, LH-378/ILZRO, USA; 1989-1991: Lead and Neuropsychological Function in Children, JF-906/EPA, USA) and seven national projects (e.g., 2017-2021: Assessment of Daily Exposure to Metals and Maternal Individual Susceptibility as factors of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, METALORIGINS, HrZZ IP-2016-06-1998; 2014-2018: Organic Pollutants in Environment – Markers and Biomarkers of Toxicity, OPENTOX, HrZZ IP-2013-11-8366). Author of over 100 research articles, >1020 citations, h-index 17 (Web of Science); >2027 citations, h-index 21 (GoogleScholar); https://scholar.google.hr/citations?hl=hr&user=Jj9co9oAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

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