Methylmercury in hair samples from different riverine groups, Amazon, Brazil

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 17-29

  Kehrig, H A ^a   Malm, O ^a   Akagi, H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOLD MINES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); RIVERS;

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HAIR SAMPLE; HUMAN CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ABORIGINE; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MINING; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031171059     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018326204298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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