Mercury Exposure in a Riverside Amazon Population, Brazil: A Study of the Ototoxicity of Methylmercury

Introduction Mercury poisoning causes hearing loss in humans and animals. Acute and long-term exposures produce irreversible peripheral and central auditory system damage, and mercury in its various forms of presentation in the environment is ototoxic. Objective We investigated the otoacoustic emiss...

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Autores principales: Hoshino, Ana, Pacheco-Ferreira, Heloisa, Sanches, Seisse Gabriela G., Carvallo, Renata, Cardoso, Nathália, Perez, Maurício, Câmara, Volney de Magalhães
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Publicações Ltda 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4399177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25992169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1544115

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4399177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25992169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1544115

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