Mercury levels assessment in hair of riverside inhabitants of the Tapajós River, Pará State, Amazon, Brazil: Fish consumption as a possible route of exposure

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-76

  Faial, Kleber ^a   Deus, Ricardo ^b   Deus, Simonny ^b   Neves, Ramiro ^c   Jesus, Iracina ^a   Santos, Elisabeth ^a   Alves, Cláudio Nahum ^b   Brasil, Davi ^b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b University Estadual of Pará   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Barreiras; Hair; Mercury; Risk assessment; Tapaj s River

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN-DTPA COMPLEX; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PENTETIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM; SURFACE WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOTUS CRASSIPINNIS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BOVINE; BRACHYPLATYSTOMA FILAMENTOSUM; BRAZIL; CALOPHYSUS MACROPTERUS; CARNIVORE; CHILD; CICHLA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS REACTION; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUGERUS BRASILIENSIS; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEMIODUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LEPORINUS; MAGNETISM; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MYLOSSOMA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLAGISOCION SQUAMOSISSIMUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STAINING; TROPHIC LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URINE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CATTLE; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOASSAY; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MERCURY; METABOLISM; METHODS; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PENTETIC ACID; QUANTUM DOTS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STAINING AND LABELING; URINE;

EID: 84940167389     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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