Mercury and selenium - a review on aspects related to the health of human populations in the Amazon

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• selenium 100%
• human population 91%
• mercury 74%
• health 62%
• toxicity 37%
• diet 17%
• exposure 17%
• gold 16%
• thiol 12%
• methylmercury 11%
• occupational exposure 11%
• anthropogenic factor 11%
• oxidative stress 11%
• hair 11%
• mining industry 10%
• environmental data 10%
• bioindicator 10%
• toxic effect 10%
• inhabitant 9%
• enzyme 8%
• consumption 7%
• measuring 6%
• contamination 6%
• pollution 6%
• oxygen 6%
• fish 6%
• product 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• human population 98%
• mercury 94%
• selenium 89%
• toxicity 27%
• gold 19%
• glutathione peroxidase 19%
• pollution 17%
• methylmercury compounds 13%
• occupational exposure 13%
• ecotoxicology 12%
• at-risk population 11%
• Amazonia 11%
• epidemiological studies 10%
• diet 10%
• thiols 10%
• hairs 9%
• reactive oxygen species 8%
• oxidative stress 8%
• Brazil 6%
• fish 5%
• enzymes 4%
• sampling 3%