Mercury in fish and sediment of Purus River, Acre State, Amazon

• Main Authors: Nathália Santos Serrão de Castro (Author), Camila Margalho Braga (Author), Paulo Arthur de Abreu Trindade (Author), Tommaso Giarrizzo (Author), Marcelo de Oliveira Lima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Core subject To quantify the Hg content of sediment and fish collected along the Purus River (Acre State, Amazon) in order to identify if those samples could be a potential route of Hg exposure to the population of Manoel Urbano (a riverside community). Methods The total mercury (THg) was q...