Iracina Maura De Jesus

Biographic Data

ID1751173
NAMEIracina Maura De Jesus
GIVEN NAMESIracina Maura
FAMILY NAMEDe Jesus
SIGNATUREDE JESUS I M
AFFILIATIONSInstituto Evandro Chagas
ORCID0000-0001-9828-3720
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Munduruku Indigenous children: Health situation in an area with high mercury exposure

    Open AccessCristina Barroso Hofer, Andre Reynaldo Santos Périssé et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2025

    OBJECTIVE: The Munduruku indigenous people are among those most severely impacted by mercury (Hg) contamination in the Amazon region. Mercury exposure can have severe consequences for the physical and cognitive development of children. We aimed to describe the health assessment in indigenous Munduruku children in the Tapajós River basin, possibly exposed chronically to Hg. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with children

  • The First Report of Environmental Exposure to Barium in 10 Localities Close to Industrial Areas and Ports in the Amazon

    Open AccessBrenda Rodrigues Chagas, Volney De Mgalhães Camara et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    Environmental exposure to metallic contaminants such as barium (Ba) is a worldwide concern, as these metals can even be toxic to the human body. Data on different sources of exposure to Ba and possible routes of entry are important for preventing adverse health effects. Blood Ba levels were evaluated in 10 localities in the cities of Barcarena and Abaetetuba in the Amazon. Ba levels were quantified using induced coupled plasma mass spectrometry, …

  • Exposição ao mercúrio e anemia em crianças e adolescentes de seis comunidades da Amazônia Brasileira

    Open AccessAngélica Dos Santos Vianna, Volney De Mgalhães Camara et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2022

    O mercúrio (Hg) é uma substância tóxica, sendo o consumo de pescados uma das principais fontes de exposição da população. Este artigo visa avaliar a associação entre anemia e exposição ao Hg na população infanto-juvenil de seis comunidades ribeirinhas da Amazônia Brasileira. Realizou-se a análise secundária de dados de estudos seccionais, incluindo 1.318 indivíduos, divididos em dois grupos segundo a influência do garimpo (grupo A sob influência,…

  • Human Health Risk Assessment Is Associated with the Consumption of Metal-Contaminated Groundwater around the Marituba Landfill, Amazonia, Brazil

    Open AccessThaís Karolina Lisboa de Queiroz, Volney De Mgalhães Camara et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Groundwater is present in its purest form beneath the earth's surface. However, metal contamination is potentially a problem faced by many countries. For this reason, the present study aims to make an assessment of the risks associated with groundwater consumption around the Marituba landfill in an Amazon region. The present study was characterized as transversal with the use of primary data. The sampling occurred in a stratified random way, perf…

  • Mercury Exposure in Munduruku Indigenous Communities from Brazilian Amazon: Methodological Background and an Overview of the Principal Results

    Open AccessPaulo Cesar Basta, Paulo Victor De Sousa Viana et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    The Amazonian indigenous peoples depend on natural resources to live, but human activities' growing impacts threaten their health and livelihoods. Our objectives were to present the principal results of an integrated and multidisciplinary analysis of the health parameters and assess the mercury (Hg) exposure levels in indigenous populations in the Brazilian Amazon. We carried out a cross-sectional study based on a census of three Munduruku indige…

  • Health Risk Assessment of Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption in Munduruku Indigenous Communities in the Brazilian Amazon

    Open AccessAna Claudia Santiago De Vasconcellos, Gustavo Hallwa et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Fish serves as the principal source of animal protein for the indigenous people of the Amazon, ensuring their food and nutritional security. However, gold mining causes mercury (Hg) contamination in fish, and consequently increases health risks associated with fish consumption. The aim of this study was to assess the health risk attributed to the consumption of mercury-contaminated fish by Munduruku indigenous communities in the Middle-Tapajós Re…

  • An Assessment of Health Outcomes and Methylmercury Exposure in Munduruku Indigenous Women of Childbearing Age and Their Children under 2 Years Old

    Open AccessJoeseph William Kempton, Andre Reynaldo Santos Périssé et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    In line with the 1000-day initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2 and 3, we present a cross-sectional analysis of maternal health, infant nutrition, and methylmercury exposure within hard-to-reach indigenous communities in the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon. We collected data from all women of childbearing age (i.e., 12-49) and their infants under two years old in three Munduruku communities ( Sawré Muybu , Sawré Aboy , and Poxo…

  • Avaliação da Contaminação Ambiental por Arsênio e Estudo Epidemiológico da Exposição Humana em Paracatu-MG - Brasil

    Open AccessZuleica Carmen Castilhos, Eduardo Mello De Capitani et al.ARTICLEFronteiras Journal of Social…2020

    Apresentamos um estudo interdisciplinar onde condições ambientais, sociais e de saúde são integradas para avaliar o risco de exposição ao arsênio na população de Paracatu, devido à exploração da maior mina de ouro a céu aberto do Brasil. O estudo possui três fases: avaliação da contaminação ambiental; estudo epidemiológico de exposição ambiental humana; exame dos fatores associados aos comportamentos para reduzir o risco de exposição. As águas de…

  • Human Blood Lead Levels and the First Evidence of Environmental Exposure to Industrial Pollutants in the Amazon

    Open AccessThaís Karolina Lisboa de Queiroz, Karytta Sousa Naka et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    The main routes of lead (Pb) absorption are through the airways and orally, and through consumption of contaminated food and beverage, with Pb mainly being absorbed in the atmospheric particulate form. In 2012, a cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate the Pb environmental exposure in two Amazonian districts, Dom Manuel (DMN) and Laranjal (CLA), located in Barcarena City, northern Brazil. CLA is located outside the industrial area of Barc…

  • Human exposure to mercury and its hematological effects: A systematic review

    Open AccessAngélica Dos Santos Vianna, Elisabete Pedra de Matos et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019

    Mercury is a metal found in the environment from natural and anthropogenic sources. It is highly toxic to ecosystems and living beings. Most human exposures come from ingestion of contaminated seafood, outgassing from dental amalgam or occupational exposure (e.g. gold mining), among other cases. Large populations are exposed to mercury, making it a very important issue from the public health perspective. Adverse health effects are commonly seen i…

  • Longitudinal assessment of mercury exposure in schoolchildren in an urban area of the Brazilian Amazon

    Open AccessMarilene Danieli Simões Dutra, Iracina Maura De Jesus et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2012References: 15

    This study was a longitudinal assessment of mercury exposure in schoolchildren in an urban area of the Brazilian Amazon. The study population consisted of 90 children whose exposure levels were assessed by testing mercury levels in the umbilical cord blood and mothers' blood samples in 2000-2001, and in the children's hair and blood samples. The study also used a questionnaire on demographic and socioeconomic data, fish consumption, and self-repo…

  • Correlation between blood mercury levels in mothers and newborns in Itaituba, Pará State, Brazil

    Open AccessElisabeth Oliveira Santos, Iracina Maura De Jesus et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2007Cited by: 3References: 27

    This study evaluated transplacental mercury transfer by measuring Hg in blood samples of mothers and newborns (umbilical cord) in hospitals in the municipality (county) of Itaituba, Pará State, Brazil. Epidemiological and mercury exposure data were collected, besides clinical birth data. Mercury tests were performed by cold-vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometry. A total of 1,510 women and an equal number of their newborns participated in the …

  • Avaliação dos níveis de exposição ao mercúrio entre índios Pakaanóva, Amazônia, Brasil

    Open AccessElisabeth C Oliveira Santos, Volney De Mgalhães Camara et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2003Cited by: 1References: 9

    Um estudo seccional foi realizado para avaliar os níveis de exposição ao mercúrio (Hg) entre 910 índios Pakaanóva, residentes nos municípios de Guajará Mirim e Nova Marmoré no Estado de Rondônia, Brasil. Amostras de cabelo da região occipital foram coletadas de cada participante do estudo e os teores de Hg determinados por Espectrofotometria de Absorção Atômica com Geração de Vapor Frio. Os teores médios de Hg nas amostras de cabelo foram de 8,37…

  • Níveis de mercúrio em peixes consumidos pela comunidade indígena de Sai Cinza na Reserva Munduruku, Município de Jacareacanga, Estado do Pará, Brasil

    Open AccessEdilson Da Silva Brabo, Elisabeth De Oliveira Santos et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica1999Cited by: 2References: 13

    O estudo consiste em avaliar os níveis de mercúrio no pescado consumido pela comunidade indígena de Sai Cinza (Reserva Munduruku) no Estado do Pará, e associá-los com os hábitos de consumo da população. Um total de oitenta espécimes de peixes foram capturados. As determinações de Hg foram realizadas por absorção atômica. A concentração média de Hg nas espécies carnívoras foi de 0,293 μg/g (DP = 0,104) enquanto nas não carnívoras foi de 0,112 μg/g…

  • Diagnóstico das condições de saúde de uma comunidade garimpeira na região do Rio Tapajós, Itaituba, Pará, Brasil, 1992

    Open AccessElisabeth De O Santos, Edvaldo Carlos Brito Loureiro et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica1995Cited by: 6

    O objetivo do trabalho foi conhecer as condições de vida e de saúde de uma comunidade garimpeira e, particularmente, a superposição da contaminação Mércurial com outros agravos. Foi realizada no garimpo do igarapé do Rato, na bacia hidrográfica do rio Tapajós, Itaituba-Pará. A população abrangeu 223 indivíduos aos quais foi aplicado um questionário epidemiológico, e feito atendimento médico e coleta de espécimes biológicos. Na coproscopia, 96,1% …