Environmental biomonitoring using cytogenetic endpoints in a population exposed to mercury in the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-349

  De Oliveira Bahia, Marcelo ^a,b   Corvelo, Tereza C ^a   Mergler, Danna ^c   Burbano, Rommel R ^a   Lima, Patrícia D L ^a   Cardoso, Plinio C S ^b   Lucotte, Marc ^c   Amarim, Marúcia I M ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Universidade da Amazonia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Brazilian Amazon; Cytogenetics; Mitotic index

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOTOXICITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS INDEX; POLYPLOIDY; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; METAPHASE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; POLYPLOIDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 7444249033     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20054     Document Type: Article

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