Fish consumption, mercury exposure and serum antinuclear antibody in Amazonians

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-262

  Alves, Maria Francinaire ^a   Fraiji, Nelson ^a   Barbosa, Antonio ^b   De Lima, Domingos ^a   Souza, Jurandir ^b   Dórea, José ^b   Cordeiro, George ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Programa de Apoio A Iniciac õ Científica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Autoimmunity; Fish; Gold mining; Malaria; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; MERCURY;

FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MALARIA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER BANK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALARIA; MALE; MERCURY; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745103121     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120600734147     Document Type: Article

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