Fishing activity, health characteristics and mercury exposure of Amerindian women living alongside the Beni River (Amazonian Bolivia)

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 458-464

  Benefice, Eric ^a   Luna Monrroy, Selma ^a,b   Lopez Rodriguez, Ronald ^c  

^a Ban Sisangvone Saysettha District   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Fishing; Mercury; Neurological outcome; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MERCURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

EID: 78649696628     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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