Increase of the background human exposure to mercury through fish consumption due to gold mining at the Tapajós River region, Pará State, Amazon

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 1998 Aug;61(2):202-9. doi: 10.1007/s001289900749.

Authors

Z C Castilhos¹, E D Bidone, L D Lacerda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Geochemistry, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.

PMID: 9702377
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900749

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Diet
Environmental Exposure / analysis*
Fishes*
Food Contamination*
Gold
Humans
Mercury / analysis*
Mining*
Seafood
Tissue Distribution
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

Water Pollutants, Chemical
Gold
Mercury