Monitoring mercury exposure in reproductive aged women inhabiting the Tapajós River Basin, Amazon

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-46

  De Oliveira Corvelo, Tereza Cristina ^a   Oliveira, Érika Abdon Fiquene ^a   De Parijós, Amanda Magno ^a   De Oliveira, Claudia Simone Baltazar ^a   Do Socorro Pompeu De Loiola, Rosane ^a   De Araújo, Amélia A ^a   Da Costa, Carlos Araújo ^a   De Lima Silveira, Luiz Carlos ^a   Da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro, Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exposure to mercury; Fish consumption; Tapaj s River; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

FISH; HEALTH RISKS;

BRAZILIAN AMAZON; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FISH CONSUMPTION; MERCURY EXPOSURE; POTENTIAL RISKS; TEMPORAL ASSESSMENT; WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RIVER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; RIVERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902533383     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1279-5     Document Type: Article

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