Health Assessment of Mercury Exposure in a Riparian Community in the Madeira River

Mercury concentrations were analyzed in a riparian community from the Cuniã Lake RESEX (a riparian extrativist reserve) at the Madeira river, located in the Amazon region. The studied population age ranged from 2 to 90 years old and hair was used as biomarker. A total of 252 hair samples were collec...

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Main Authors: Vega C. M., Hacon S., Mourao D., da Silva G. P., Gonçalves R. A., Barrocas P.G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2014-07-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130141036