@article{PAR00003118,
  title = {{A} nutritional dilemma : fish consumption, mercury exposure and growth of children in {A}mazonian {B}olivia},
  author = {{B}{\'e}n{\'e}fice, {E}ric and {L}una {M}onrroy, {S}. {J}. and {L}opez {R}odriguez, {R}onald},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}o study associations between nutritional status and mercury exposure among communities of the {B}eni {R}iver. {C}ross-sectional survey of mothers and their children from 15 riverside {A}merindian communities in the {B}eni {R}iver valley ({A}mazonian {B}olivia). {H}air mercury content ({H}-{H}g) served as a bioindicator of mercury exposure. {A} total of 556 people were measured. {A}nthropometric indices of nutrition were calculated after measurements of stature, weight, arm circumference and subcutaneous fat folds. {I}ndicators of lifestyle were collected: subsistence activity, fish consumption and ethnicity. {T}he median of {H}-{H}g was equal to 4.0 g/g ({CI} 95%: 3.64.4). {T}here existed a significant relationship between {H}-{H}g and nutritional indices in 5- to 10-year-old children ({F}=12.1; p0.0001) but not in other age groups. {F}ishing activity, fish consumption and ethnicity had an effect upon the variance of {H}-{H}g. {P}ositive relationships between nutritional status and {H}-{H}g may be related to the high nutritional value of fish. {A}mong women, the relationship between {H}-{H}g and nutritional status was negative ({F}=7.1; p0.001), but this disappeared when ethnicity and subsistence activity were taken into account. {I}n these {A}mazonian communities, recommendations aimed at lowering fish consumption to prevent mercury exposure should be balanced against nutritional advantages conferred upon growing children.},
  keywords = {hair mercury content ; nutritional status ; growth ; fish consumption ; {A}merindians},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {E}nvironmental {H}ealth {R}esearch},
  volume = {18},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {415--427},
  ISSN = {0960-3123},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1080/09603120802272235},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00003118},
}