Mercury exposure and malaria prevalence among gold miners in Pará, Brazil
Economic development, including resource extraction, can cause toxic exposures that interact with endemic infectious diseases. Mercury is an immunotoxic metal used in the amalgamation of gold, resulting in both occupational exposures and environmental pollution. A cross-sectional medical survey was...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2002-10-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000500001&tlng=en |