A nutritional dilemma: Fish consumption, mercury exposure and growth of children in Amazonian Bolivia

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 415-427

  Benefice, Eric ^a   Luna Monrroy, Selma J ^b   Lopez Rodriguez, Ronald W ^c  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement IRD   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Fish consumption; Growth; Hair mercury content; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

CHILD HEALTH; ETHNICITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFESTYLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

AMAZONIA; BENI BASIN; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56749096343     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120802272235     Document Type: Article

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