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Hair mercury levels in Amazonian populations: spatial distribution and trends
BACKGROUND: Mercury is present in the Amazonian aquatic environments from both natural and anthropogenic sources. As a consequence, many riverside populations are exposed to methylmercury, a highly toxic organic form of mercury, because of their intense fish consumption. Many studies have analysed t...
Autores principales: | Barbieri, Flavia L, Gardon, Jacques |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20025776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-8-71 |
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