Feeding mice with diets containing mercury-contaminated fish flesh from French Guiana: a model for the mercurial intoxication of the Wayana Amerindians
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In 2005, 84% of Wayana Amerindians living in the upper marshes of the Maroni River in French Guiana presented a hair mercury concentration exceeding the limit set up by the World Health Organization (10 μg/g). To determine whether th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-10-01
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Series: | Environmental Health |
Online Access: | http://www.ehjournal.net/content/7/1/53 |