Mercury contamination of fish and exposures of an indigenous community in Para state, Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Da Silva Brabo, Edilson ^a   De Oliveira Santos, Elisabeth ^a   Maura De Jesus, Iracina ^a   Fernando Silva Mascarenhas, Artur ^b   De Freitas Faial, Kleber ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b SEICOM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Fish; Indigenous peoples; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; PROTEIN;

FISH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAZIL; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RIVER; SPECIES;

BRAZIL; MUNDURUKU RESERVE; PARA STATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033635291     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2000.4114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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