Methylmercury in fish and hair samples from the Balbina reservoir, Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 84-90

  Kehrig, Helena do Amaral ^a   Malm, Olaf ^a   Akagi, Hirokatsu ^b   Guimarães, Jean R D ^a   Torres, João Paulo M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amazon; Fish; Human hair; Methylmercury; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

FISH CONSUMPTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESERVOIRS;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032076177     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3836     Document Type: Article

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