Elevated Hair Mercury Levels Are Associated With Neurodevelopmental Deficits in Children Living Near Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining in Peru

Children living near artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) are at risk of exposure to mercury, a neurotoxicant. It is not certain whether such exposures are harming development, as they occur in underresourced contexts entwined with other stressors, such as malnutrition and enteric infection....

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Hauptverfasser: Reuben, Aaron, Frischtak, Helena, Berky, Axel, Ortiz, Ernesto J., Morales, Ana Maria, Hsu‐Kim, Heileen, Pendergast, Laura L., Pan, William K.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240868/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32490301
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GH000222
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