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Methylmercury exposure in a subsistence fishing community in Lake Chapala, Mexico: an ecological approach

BACKGROUND: Elevated concentrations of mercury have been documented in fish in Lake Chapala in central Mexico, an area that is home to a large subsistence fishing community. However, neither the extent of human mercury exposure nor its sources and routes have been elucidated. METHODS: Total mercury...

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Autores principales: Trasande, Leonardo, Cortes, Juanita E, Landrigan, Philip J, Abercrombie, Mary I, Bopp, Richard F, Cifuentes, Enrique
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20064246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-9-1