Cytogenetic damage related to low levels of methyl mercury contamination in the Brazilian Amazon
The mercury rejected in the water system, from mining operations and lixiviation of soils after deforestation, is considered to be the main contributors to the contamination of the ecosystem in the Amazon Basin. The objectives of the present study were to examine cytogenetic functions in peripheral...
Main Authors: | MARÚCIA I. M. AMORIM, DONNA MERGLER, MARCELO O. BAHIA, HÉLÈNE DUBEAU, DANIELA MIRANDA, JEAN LEBEL, ROMMEL R. BURBANO, MARC LUCOTTE |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2000-12-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652000000400004 |
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