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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-6-11
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The present study aimed to evaluate methylmercury in fish and human hair samples from an important hydroelectrical reservoir, Balbina (Brazil, Amazon). It presents a quite intense fishing activity and there is no known goldmining activity in its watershed. Fish and human hair were analyzed with a new extraction technique and measured by GC-ECD. Analytical quality was checked through intercomparisons between two laboratories with local samples and certified standards from IAEA. Methylmercury in hair ranged from 2.0 to 21.6 microg . g-1 with a mean of 8.76+/-5.20 microg . g-1 (N=20), while the methylmercury percentages were above 90. Fish presented methylmercury levels ranging from 0.03 to 0.9 microg small middle dot g-1 wet wt with a mean of 0.24+/-0.18 microg small middle dot g-1 wet wt (N=32), which is below the limit established for food by Brazilian legislation (0.5 microg small middle dot g-1 wet wt) and methylmercury mean percentages were above 95%. The total mean daily methylmercury intake ranged from 11 to 55 microg for 70% of the sampled population from the village based on a daily consumption of about 110 g of fish with methylmercury concentrations in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 microg . g-1. This calculation is consistent with methylmercury concentrations in hair samples in the range of 2.6 to 13.1 microg . g-1.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0013-9351
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:copyrightInfo |
Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
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| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
77
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
84-90
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Brazil,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Cricetinae,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Environmental Exposure,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Fishes,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Food Contamination,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Hair,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Longitudinal Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Maternal Exposure,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Mercury,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Mercury Poisoning,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Methylmercury Compounds,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Muscles,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Pregnancy,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Reproducibility of Results,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Seafood,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Species Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:9600800-Water Pollutants, Chemical
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| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Methylmercury in fish and hair samples from the Balbina Feservoir, Brazilian Amazon.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, 21949-900, Brazil. kehrig@leao.biof.ufrj.br
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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