Exposure to elemental mercury in urban workers and gold miners from the Tapajós Region, Pará, Brazil

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 317-323

  De Jesus, I M ^a   De Oliveira Santos, E C ^a   Da Silva Brabo, E ^a   Loureiro, E C B ^a   De Magalhaes Camara V ^b   Silva Mascarenhas, A F ^c   Lobato da Silva, D F ^a   Cleary, D ^d  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c 1020   (Brazil)

^d European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; GOLD; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MINER; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS; VAPOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034883345     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280127     Document Type: Article

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