Efficacy of Hair Total Mercury Content as a Biomarker of Methylmercury Exposure to Communities in the Area of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru

Total mercury content (THg) in hair is an accepted biomarker for chronic dietary methylmercury (MeHg) exposure. In artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities, the validity of this biomarker is questioned because of the potential for contamination from inorganic mercury. As mining commu...

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Autores principales: Koenigsmark, Faye, Weinhouse, Caren, Berky, Axel J., Morales, Ana Maria, Ortiz, Ernesto J., Pierce, Eric M., Pan, William K., Hsu-Kim, Heileen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8707462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948962
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413350

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8707462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948962
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413350

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