Longitudinal hair mercury concentration in riverside mothers along the Upper Madeira river (Brazil)

Environmental Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-83

  Boischio, Ana Amelia Peixoto ^a   Cernichiari, Elsa ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair; Madeira river; Mercury; Mothers

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOLD MINING; MERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER;

BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER; RONDONIA;

EID: 0032076134     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3831     Document Type: Article

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