Education, fish consumption, well water, chicken coops, and cooking fires: Using biogeochemistry and ethnography to study exposure of children from Yucatan, Mexico to metals and arsenic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-82

  Arcega Cabrera, Flor ^a   Fargher, Lane F ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Blood; Children; Ethnography; Metals; Urine

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; COPPER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; URINE;

EDUCATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; METAL; URINE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; POLLUTANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

ARSENIC; CHILD; CITIES; DRINKING WATER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METALS; MEXICO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84975801399     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.209     Document Type: Article

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