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This work was supported by Rede de Pesquisa em Gen?mica Populacional Humana (RPGPH)?3381/2013 CAPES-BioComputacional; FADESP/PROPESP/UFPA (Universidade Federal do Par?); and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico). It was also supported by CNPq/Produtividade grant 304413/2015-1 to A.R.S. and CNPq/Produtividade grant 305258/2013-3 to S.S.; Universidade Federal do Par?. Instituto de C...
Human exposure to mercury is a serious problem of public health in Amazon. As in other vulnerable populations throughout the world, Amazonian riverine populations are chronically exposed to this metal and some symptoms of mercury intoxication were already detected in these populations. However, studies on the genetic susceptibility to mercury toxicity in the Amazon are scarce, and they tested a limited number o...