Longitudinal assessment of mercury exposure in schoolchildren in an urban area of the Brazilian Amazon Avaliação longitudinal da exposição ao mercúrio em crianças de uma área urbana na Amazônia brasileira

• Main Authors: Marilene Danieli Simões Dutra (Author), Iracina Maura de Jesus (Author), Elisabeth C. de Oliveira Santos (Author), Marcelo de Oliveira Lima (Author), Renato Lopes Fernandes de Medeiros (Author), Marcia Cavadas (Author), Ronir Raggio Luiz (Author), Volney de Magalhães Câmara (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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This study was a longitudinal assessment of mercury exposure in schoolchildren in an urban area of the Brazilian Amazon. The study population consisted of 90 children whose exposure levels were assessed by testing mercury levels in the umbilical cord blood and mothers' blood samples in 2000-200...