Elevated levels of selenium in the typical diet of Amazonian riverside populations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4076-4084

  Lemire, Mélanie ^a   Fillion, Myriam ^a   Barbosa, Fernando ^b   Guimarães, Jean Rémy Davée ^c   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barium; Brazil nut; Local diet; Mercury; Selenium; Strontium

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLES; BRAZIL NUT; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; COMMUNITY VARIABILITY; DRINKING WATER; ELEVATED LEVEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOCAL DIET; LOCAL FOODS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; SELENOENZYMES;

BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; POTABLE WATER; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; WATER CONTENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BARIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DRINKING WATER; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BEEF; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHICKEN MEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD; RIVERS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SANTAREM [PARA]; TAPAJOS RIVER;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 77954623392     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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