Prevalence of metal levels above the reference values in a municipality affected by the collapse of a mining tailings dam: Brumadinho Health Project.
Paula Junqueira MotaHerling Gregorio Aguilar AlonzoLeiliane Coelho AndréVolney de Magalhães CâmaraDélio CampolinaAline de Souza Espindola SantosCarmen Ildes Rodrigues Fróes AsmusSérgio William Viana PeixotoPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2022)
The results show a high prevalence of levels above the reference for Mn, As and Pb, with small differences in relation to the other variables, suggesting that it is an exposure distributed throughout the municipality.