Mercury pollution and childhood in Amazon riverside villages

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-61

  Pinheiro, M C N ^a   Crespo Lopez M E ^a   Vieira, J L F ^a   Oikawa, T ^a   Guimaraes G A ^a   Araujo C C ^a   Amoras, W W ^a   Ribeiro, D R ^a   Herculano, A M ^a   do Nascimento, J L M ^a   Silveira, L C L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Children; Mercury; Methylmercury; Neural development

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); NEUROLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHILDREN; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; METHYLMERCURY; NEURAL DEVELOPMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

GOLD; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845478349     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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