Study of Mercury Exposure Among the Population of Sinnamary, French Guiana, November 2001

This article presents a study conducted in French Guiana to assess mercury exposure among the population of Sinnamary living downstream of a dam and its potential health impacts. The objective of this study was to quantify the link between fish consumption and mercury exposure.

Author(s): Boudan V, Chaud P, Blateau A, Cardoso T, Champenois B, Cottrelle B, Frery N, Zeghnoun A, Quenel P

Publishing year: 2004

Pages: 169-70

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, 2004, n° 35, p. 169-70

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