title: [Research in Mexico on the health impact of environmental chemical pollutants].
abstract: This paper is intended to offer a qualitative and quantitative diagnosis on publications concerned with human health impact of exposure to environmental chemical pollutants in Mexico. The review of these subjects included scientific papers on studies carried out in Mexico, published both in Mexican and international journals. The articles were analyzed according to the following criteria: chemical pollutants, type of study and institution that conducted it, study population, design, and analysis of data. The article concludes that publications in this field are scarce. Moreover, this review showed that there is little diversity, limited methodology and an unequal distribution of the human and material resources for research. All this indicates a rudimentary level of scientific knowledge in Mexico regarding public health implications of chemical pollutants.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Investigación en Enfermedades Crónicas y Lesiones, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), México.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortega-Ceseña
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carreón-Valencia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López-Carrillo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chávez-Ayala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Avila
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants
vernacular_title: La investigación en México sobre el impacto en la salud por los contaminantes químicos ambientales.