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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Mercury Exposure in Munduruku Indigenous Communities from Brazilian Amazon: Methodological Background and an Overview of the Principal Results.

Paulo Cesar Basta, Paulo Victor de Sousa Viana, Ana Claudia Santiago de Vasconcellos, André Reynaldo Santos Périssé, Cristina Barroso Hofer, Natalia Santana Paiva, Joseph William Kempton, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Rogério Adas Ayres de Oliveira, Rafaela Waddington Achatz and 7 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Paulo Cesar BastaDepartamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (ENSP/Fiocruz), Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480-Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0804-0413
Paulo Victor de Sousa VianaCentro de Referência Professor Hélio Fraga, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (CRPHF/ENSP/Fiocruz), Estrada de Curicica, 2000-Curicica, Rio de Janeiro 22780-195, Brazil.
Ana Claudia Santiago de VasconcellosLaboratório de Educação Profissional em Vigilância em Saúde, Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (EPSJV/Fiocruz), Av. Brazil, 4365-Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
André Reynaldo Santos PérisséDepartamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (ENSP/Fiocruz), Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480-Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5253-5774
Cristina Barroso HoferInstituto de Pediatria e Puericultura Martagão Gesteira, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rua Bruno Lobo, 50-Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-912, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8633-0913
Natalia Santana PaivaInstituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva (IESC), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Avenida Horácio Macedo, s/n, Ilha do Fundão-Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-598, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0541-4686
Joseph William KemptonFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Medical School Building, St Mary's Hospital, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK.
Daniel Ciampi de AndradeCentro de Dor, Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 255-Cerqueira César, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil.
Rogério Adas Ayres de OliveiraCentro de Dor, Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 255-Cerqueira César, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0254-8497
Rafaela Waddington AchatzPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Professor Mello Moraes, 1721-Butantã, São Paulo 05508-030, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2699-5133
Jamila Alessandra PeriniLaboratório de Pesquisa de Ciências Farmacêuticas (LAPESF), Centro Universitário Estadual da Zona Oeste (UEZO), Av. Manuel Caldeira de Alvarenga, 1.203, Rio de Janeiro 23070-200, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7683-0698
Heloísa do Nascimento de Moura MenesesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde (PPGCSA), Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz Av. Vera Paz, s/n, Bairro Salé, 1° Pavimento, Bloco Modular Tapajós, Unidade Tapajós, Santarém, Pará 68035-110, Brazil.
Gustavo HallwassPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Biociências (PPGBio), Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s/n, Bairro Salé, Santarém 68035-110, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8826-5262
Marcelo de Oliveira LimaSeção de Meio Ambiente, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde (SEAMB/IEC/SVS/MS), Rodovia BR-316 km 7, s/n, Levilândia 67030-000, Brazil.
Iracina Maura de JesusSeção de Meio Ambiente, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde (SEAMB/IEC/SVS/MS), Rodovia BR-316 km 7, s/n, Levilândia 67030-000, Brazil.
Cleidiane Carvalho Ribeiro Dos SantosDistrito Sanitário Especial Indígena Rio Tapajós (DSEI), Secretaria Especial de Saúde Indígena Tapajós (Sesai), Av. Santa Catarina, 10° Rua, nº 96, Bairro Bela Vista, Itaituba 68180-210, Brazil.
Sandra de Souza HaconDepartamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (ENSP/Fiocruz), Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480-Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8222-0992
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública · BRHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRMinistério da Saúde · BRUniversidade Federal do Oeste do Pará · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRSt Mary's Hospital · GBUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Estadual da Zona Oeste · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Amazonian indigenous peoples depend on natural resources to live, but human activities' growing impacts threaten their health and livelihoods. Our objectives were to present the principal results of an integrated and multidisciplinary analysis of the health parameters and assess the mercury (Hg) exposure levels in indigenous populations in the Brazilian Amazon. We carried out a cross-sectional study based on a census of three Munduruku indigenous villages (

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MercuryAnimalsBrazilChildCross-Sectional StudiesEnvironmental ExposureFemaleFishesGoldHumansMiningPopulation GroupsGoldMercuryALADBrazilian Amazonchildren healthenvironmental pollutionfishgenetic polymorphismgold miningillegal mining activitiesindigenous peoplemercury exposureneurological effects

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PMID34501811
PMCPMC8430525
OpenAlexW3197411056

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