Mercury exposure and malaria prevalence among gold miners in Pará, Brazil

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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Main Authors: Ellen K. Silbergeld, Denis Nash, Circey Trevant, G. Thomas Strickland, Jose Maria de Souza, Rui S.U. da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Mercury
Garimpagem
Malaria
Toxicity
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000500001&tlng=en

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