A Call for Biomonitoring Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Considerations for Potentially Toxic Metals/Metalloids

Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz; Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez; Martha M. Téllez-Rojo; Ana Boischio; Nelly Mañay; José Antonio Menezes-Filho; Elena I. Queirolo; Sandra Cortés; Katarzyna Kordas

doi:10.5334/aogh.3637

A Call for Biomonitoring Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Considerations for Potentially Toxic Metals/Metalloids

Volume 88 (2022): Issue 1

By: Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz , Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez , Martha M. Téllez-Rojo , Ana Boischio , Nelly Mañay , José Antonio Menezes-Filho , Elena I. Queirolo , Sandra Cortés and Katarzyna Kordas

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3637 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996

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Submitted on: Nov 23, 2021

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Latin America,

Metals

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