Increase of the background human exposure to mercury through fish consumption due to gold mining at the Tapajós River region, Pará State, Amazon.
Department of Geochemistry, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004032:Diet; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes; D005506:Food Contamination; D006046:Gold; D006801:Humans; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D008906:Mining; D017747:Seafood; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D006046:Gold; D008628:Mercury