Total and methyl-mercury in hair and milk of mothers living in the city of Porto Velho and in villages along the Rio Madeira, Amazon, Brazil

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 682-689

  Vieira, Solange M ^a   de Almeida, Ronaldo ^b   Holanda, Igor B B ^a   Mussy, Marília H ^a   Galvão, Roberta C F ^a   Crispim, Pedro T B ^a   Dórea, José G ^c   Bastos, Wanderley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Colostrum; Dental amalgam fillings; Fish consumption; Hair; Infants; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BREASTFEEDING; COLOSTRUM; DENTAL AMALGAM FILLINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH CONSUMPTION; HAIR; HUMAN; INFANTS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; POLLUTANT; RURAL POPULATION; SEA FOOD; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BREASTFEEDING; COLOSTRUM; DENTAL AMALGAM FILLINGS; FISH CONSUMPTION; HAIR; INFANTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; DENTAL AMALGAM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; RURAL POPULATION; SEAFOOD; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884589428     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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