Search Results - "Bernardi, José Vicente E."
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Mercury in fish of the Madeira river (temporal and spatial assessment), Brazilian Amazon
Published in Environmental research (01-07-2015)“…The Madeira River is the largest tributary of the Amazon River Basin and one of the most impacted by artisanal gold-mining activities, deforestation for…”
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Sex-related mercury bioaccumulation in fish from the Madeira River, Amazon
Published in Environmental research (01-01-2016)“…Sex plays an important role in the kinetics and dynamics of methylmercury in some animals. Although fish is the main source of mercury exposure to consumers,…”
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Mercury in muscle and brain of catfish from the Madeira river, Amazon, Brazil
Published in Ecotoxicology and environmental safety (01-08-2015)“…The central nervous system is a critical target for Hg toxicity in all living organisms. Total Hg (THg) was determined in brain and muscle samples of 165…”
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Breast Milk Lead Concentrations of Mothers Living Near Tin Smelters
Published in Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology (01-11-2013)“…We compared Pb concentration in human milk from 37 mothers living in a neighborhood of tin-ore smelters to that from 45 mothers living in a fishing community…”
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