Characterizing visual field loss from past mercury exposure in an Indigenous riverine community (Grassy Narrows First Nation, Canada): a cluster-based approach

• Główni autorzy: Aline Philibert (Autor), Benoit Tousignant (Autor), Myriam Fillion (Autor), Judy Da Silva (Autor), Donna Mergler (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Between 1962 and 1975, a chlor-alkali plant in Canada discharged approximately 9 metric tons of mercury (Hg) into the Wabigoon River. Over the following decades, biomarkers of Hg exposure of persons from Grassy Narrows First Nation (Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek), located down...