Exposure patterns and long term sequelae on adults and children in two Canadian indigenous communities exposed to methylmercury

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 63-73

  Wheatley, Brian ^a   Paradis, Sylvain ^a   Lassonde, Maryse ^b   Giguere, Marie France ^a   Tanguay, Serge ^a  

^a Medical Services Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY CONTAMINATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MERCURY (METAL);

WATER POLLUTION;

METHYLMERCURY;

HUMAN CONTAMINATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

CANADA;

EID: 0031171804     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018311228405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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