Role of methylmercury exposure (from Fish Consumption) on growth and neurodevelopment of children under 5 years of age living in a transitioning (tin-mining) area of the Western Amazon, Brazil

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-350

  Marques, Rejane C ^a   Dórea, José G ^b   Leão, Renata S ^a   Dos Santos, Verusca G ^c   Bueno, Lucélia ^d   Marques, Rayson C ^c   Brandão, Katiane G ^d   Palermo, Elisabete F A ^e   Guimarães, Jean Remy D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Velho   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; TIN;

AGE CLASS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMARKER; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORESTATION; EDUCATION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH IMPACT; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPENCAST MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD INTAKE; GESELL DEVELOPMENTAL SCORE; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MINING; MOTHER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84856949540     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9697-4     Document Type: Article

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