Genotoxicity of mercury: Contributing for the analysis of Amazonian populations

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Crespo López, Maria Elena ^a   Macêdo, Gisele L ^a   Arrifano, Gabriela P F ^a   Pinheiro, Maria da Conceição N ^a   do Nascimento, José Luiz M ^a   Herculano, Anderson M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Chromosomal aberrations; Genotoxicity; Human; Mercury; Methylmercury; Micronucleus; Mitotic index

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES;

AMAZON; CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION; GENOTOXICITIES; HUMAN; METHYL MERCURY; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOTIC INDEX;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BLOOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CYCLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MERCURIALISM; METAPHASE; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 78349305386     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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