Follow-up of mercury levels in fish, human hair and urine in the Madeira and Tapajos basins, Amazon, Brazil

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Malm, O ^a   Guimaraes J R D ^a   Castro, M B ^a   Bastos, W R ^a   Viana, J P ^b   Branches, F J P ^a   Silveira, E G ^c   Pfeiffer, W C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY CONTAMINATION;

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

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH CONTAMINATION; GOLD MINING; HUMAN CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ABORIGINE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIVER; TISSUE LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRAZIL, AMAZONAS STATE, MADEIRA RIVER BASIN; BRAZIL, AMAZONAS STATE, TAPAJOS RIVER BASIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031171199     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018340619475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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