Biomarkers of methylmercury exposure immunotoxicity among fish consumers in amazonian Brazil

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1733-1738

  Nyland, Jennifer F ^a,b   Fillion, Myriam ^c   Barbosa Jr , Fernando ^d   Shirley, Devon L ^a   Chine, Chiameka ^b   Lemire, Melanie ^c   Mergler, Donna ^c   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Cytokine; Immune response; Mercury; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 82755191785     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103741     Document Type: Article

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