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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2014-07-01
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Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130141036 |