Mercury levels in human population from a mining district in Western Colombia

A biomonitoring study was carried out to examine the adverse impacts of total mercury in the blood (HgB), urine (HgU) and human scalp hair (HgH) on the residents of a mining district in Colombia. Representative biological samples (scalp hair, urine and blood) were collected from volunteered particip...

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Fecha de publicación:

2018

Institución:

Universidad de Medellín

Repositorio:

Repositorio UDEM

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/4529

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/11407/4529

Palabra clave:

Biomarkers; Colombia; Gold panning; Humans; Mercury; Toxicity
Air pollution control equipment; Binary alloys; Biomarkers; Blood; Body fluids; Gold; Mercury (metal); Toxicity; Uranium alloys; Biological samples; Biomonitoring studies; Colombia; Human population; Humans; Mercury analyzers; Positive correlations; Total mercuries; Mercury compounds

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