Mercury and selenium concentrations in hair samples of women in fertile age from Amazon riverside communities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 349, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 284-288

  Pinheiro, M C N ^a   Muller R C S ^a   Sarkis, J E ^b   Vieira, J L F ^a   Oikawa, T ^a   Gomes, M S V ^a   Guimaraes G A ^a   Do Nascimento, J L M ^a   Silveira, L C L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Maternal exposure to mercury; Mercury and selenium; Mercury exposure; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RIVERS; SELENIUM;

MATERNAL EXPOSURE TO MERCURY; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; MERCURY EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FISH; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RIVERS; SELENIUM;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26444500171     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.06.026     Document Type: Article

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