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Health and environmental impact of mercury in the Philippines using nuclear techniques. Highlights and achievements
Creators
- 1. University of the Philippines, National Poisons Control and Information Service, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Manila (Philippines)
Description
This is the first comprehensive health evaluation made by the Department of Health of the mining community's exposure to total and methyl mercury. Previous studies have mainly focused more on the health risks associated with occupational exposure to mercury. Other sources of mercury exposure such as diet and other environmental media was not investigated and the population studied did not include high risk groups such as pregnant women and children
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Co-ordinated research project on health impacts of mercury cycling in contaminated environments studied by nuclear techniques. Report on the second research co-ordination meeting
- Imprint Pagination
- 168 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 28-29
- Report number
- NAHRES--69
Conference
- Title
- 2. research co-ordination meeting on health impacts of mercury cycling in contaminated environments studied by nuclear techniques
- Dates
- 22-26 Oct 2001
- Place
- Minamata (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35058167
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; MINING; WOMEN
- Descriptors DEC
- AGE GROUPS; ANIMALS; ELEMENTS; FEMALES; HAZARDS; MAMMALS; MAN; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES