High levels of hair manganese in children living in the vicinity of a ferro-manganese alloy production plant

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1207-1213

  Menezes Filho, José A ^a,b   Paes, Ciro R ^a   de C Pontes, Ângela M ^a   Moreira, Josino C ^b   Sarcinelli, Paula N ^b   Mergler, Donna ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur la Biologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental contamination; Ferro alloy plant; Hair; Manganese

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIRTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WIND;

ANEMIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; MANGANESE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 71049143570     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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