Environmental exposure to organic mercury among the Makuxi in the Amazon Basin

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-171

  Sing, Kimberly A ^a,b   Hryhorczuk, Daniel O ^b   Saffirio, Giovanni ^c   Sinks, Thomas ^d   Paschal, Daniel C ^d   Chen, Edwin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Missionàrio da Consolata   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Blood organic mercury; Brazil; Environment; Gold mining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000135514     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1996.2.3.165     Document Type: Article

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