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Hair as a Biomarker of Long Term Mercury Exposure in Brazilian Amazon: A Systematic Review

Many studies have assessed mercury (Hg) exposure in the Amazonian population. This article performs a literature search of the studies that used hair as a biomarker of Hg exposure in the Brazilian Amazonian population. The search covered the period from 1996 to 2016 and included articles which match...

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Autores principales: Santos Serrão de Castro, Nathália, de Oliveira Lima, Marcelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5877045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29534534
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030500
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description Many studies have assessed mercury (Hg) exposure in the Amazonian population. This article performs a literature search of the studies that used hair as a biomarker of Hg exposure in the Brazilian Amazonian population. The search covered the period from 1996 to 2016 and included articles which matched the following criteria: (1) articles related to Hg exposure into Brazilian Amazon; (2) articles that used hair as a biomarker of Hg exposure; (3) articles that used analytical tools to measure the Hg content on hair and (4) articles that presented arithmetic mean and/or minimum and maximum values of Hg. 36 studies were selected. The findings show that most of the studies were performed along margins of important rivers, such as Negro, Tapajós and Madeira. All the population presented mean levels of Hg on hair above 6 µg g(−1) and general population, adults, not determined and men presented levels of Hg on hair above 10 µg g(−1). The results show that most of the studies were performed by Brazilian institutions/researchers and the majority was performed in the State of Pará. The present study identified that Amazonian population has long-term been exposed to Hg. In terms of future perspectives, this study suggests the implementation of a strategic plan for environmental health surveillance in the region in order to promote health and benefit Amazonian population.
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spelling pubmed-58770452018-04-09 Hair as a Biomarker of Long Term Mercury Exposure in Brazilian Amazon: A Systematic Review Santos Serrão de Castro, Nathália de Oliveira Lima, Marcelo Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Many studies have assessed mercury (Hg) exposure in the Amazonian population. This article performs a literature search of the studies that used hair as a biomarker of Hg exposure in the Brazilian Amazonian population. The search covered the period from 1996 to 2016 and included articles which matched the following criteria: (1) articles related to Hg exposure into Brazilian Amazon; (2) articles that used hair as a biomarker of Hg exposure; (3) articles that used analytical tools to measure the Hg content on hair and (4) articles that presented arithmetic mean and/or minimum and maximum values of Hg. 36 studies were selected. The findings show that most of the studies were performed along margins of important rivers, such as Negro, Tapajós and Madeira. All the population presented mean levels of Hg on hair above 6 µg g(−1) and general population, adults, not determined and men presented levels of Hg on hair above 10 µg g(−1). The results show that most of the studies were performed by Brazilian institutions/researchers and the majority was performed in the State of Pará. The present study identified that Amazonian population has long-term been exposed to Hg. In terms of future perspectives, this study suggests the implementation of a strategic plan for environmental health surveillance in the region in order to promote health and benefit Amazonian population. MDPI 2018-03-12 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5877045/ /pubmed/29534534 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030500 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Hair as a Biomarker of Long Term Mercury Exposure in Brazilian Amazon: A Systematic Review
title_full Hair as a Biomarker of Long Term Mercury Exposure in Brazilian Amazon: A Systematic Review
title_fullStr Hair as a Biomarker of Long Term Mercury Exposure in Brazilian Amazon: A Systematic Review
title_full_unstemmed Hair as a Biomarker of Long Term Mercury Exposure in Brazilian Amazon: A Systematic Review
title_short Hair as a Biomarker of Long Term Mercury Exposure in Brazilian Amazon: A Systematic Review
title_sort hair as a biomarker of long term mercury exposure in brazilian amazon: a systematic review
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5877045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29534534
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030500
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