Mercury pollution and congenital malformations detected at birth in Porto Velho, Brazil, from 1997 to 2007 Contaminación por mercurio y las malformaciones congénitas detectadas en el nacimiento en Porto Velho, Brasil, entre 1997 y 2007

The possible negative impacts of mercury contamination in the Madeira river, State of Rondonia, Brazil, on newborn babies health were evaluated. The incidence of congenital malformations was surveyed from the records of newborns in the main hospital of Porto Velho, Rondonia, from 1997 to 2007. The t...

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Published in:	Salud UIS
Main Authors:	Julio Cesar da Rocha, Rafael S. Maior, Carlos Tomaz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Publicaciones UIS 2011-12-01
Subjects:	Malformación del recién nacido congénitas factor ambiental el mercurio Newborn congenital malformation environmental factor mercury
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-08072011000300003