Total hair mercury in children from a coastal population in Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil;Mercúrio total em cabelo de crianças de uma população costeira, Cananéia, São Paulo, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2249-2256

  Farias, Luciana A ^a   Dos Santos, Nathália Renata ^a   Favaro, Déborah I T ^a   Braga, Elisabete S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical compound exposure; Child; Hair; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249096466     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008001000006     Document Type: Article

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