Biological monitoring of mercury exposure in individuals referred to a toxicological center in Venezuela

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 354, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 278-285

  Rojas, Maritza ^a   Seijas, David ^a   Agreda, Olga ^a   Rodríguez, Maritza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Gold miners; Inorganic mercury; Mercury exposure

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTEINS; SHIPYARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GOLD MINERS; INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCURY EXPOSURE;

TOXICITY;

CREATININE; MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTIST; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHIPS; VENEZUELA;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 29944438898     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.023     Document Type: Article

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