Persistent toxic substances in the Brazilian Amazon: Contamination of man and the environment

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1175-1179

  Torres, João Paulo M ^a   Lailson Brito, José ^a,b   Saldanha, Giselle C ^a,d   Dorneles, Paulo ^a   e Silva, Cláudio Eduardo A ^a   Malm, Olaf ^a   Guimarães, Jean R ^a   Azeredo, Antônio ^c   Bastos, Wanderley R ^d   da Silva, Vera Maria F ^e   Martin, Anthony R ^f   Cláudio, Luz ^g   Markowitz, Steve ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; DDT; Inia geoffrensis; POPs

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949213941     PISSN: 01035053     EISSN: 16784790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-50532009000600024     Document Type: Article

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