A preliminary study of mercury exposure and blood pressure in the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fillion, Myriam ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a   Sousa Passos, Carlos José ^a   Larribe, Fabrice ^a   Lemire, Mélanie ^a   Guimarães, Jean Rémy Davée ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750204024     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-29     Document Type: Article

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