Total Mercury and Methylmercury Levels in Scalp Hair and Blood of Pregnant Women Residents of Fishing Villages in the Eighth Region of Chile

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 654, Issue , 1997, Pages 151-177

  Bruhn, Carlos G ^a   Rodriguez, Aldo A ^a   Barrios, Carlos A ^a   Jaramillo, Victor H ^a   Becerra, José ^a   Gras, Nuri T ^b   Nuñez, Ernesto ^a   Reyes, Olga C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission   (Chile)

^c Secretaria Regional Ministerial de Salud Region Metropolitana Gobierno de Chile   (Chile)

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EID: 0347137487     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-1997-0654.ch014     Document Type: Article

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