Assessment of mercury exposure and malaria in a Brazilian Amazon riverine community

Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-75

  Crompton, Peter ^a   Ventura, Ana Maria ^b   De Souza, Jose Maria ^b   Santos, Elisabeth ^b   Strickland, G Thomas ^c   Silbergeld, Ellen ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Gold mining; Immunity; Immunotoxicity; Malaria; Mercury; Resistance

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

GOLD MINE; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 0036797065     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2002.4358     Document Type: Article

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