Mariana Maleronka Ferron

Biographic Data

ID1945566
NAMEMariana Maleronka Ferron
GIVEN NAMESMariana Maleronka
FAMILY NAMEFerron
SIGNATUREFERRON M M
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, Brazil
ORCID0000-0001-5041-3231
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • Cadmium, lead and mercury in the blood of workers from recycling sorting facilities in São Paulo, Brazil

    Open AccessMariana Maleronka Ferron, Rúbia Kuno et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020References: 16

    Approximately 600,000 people work as recycling material collectors in Brazil and few studies evaluate the health risks involved in this occupation. The objective was to evaluate the blood levels of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) among workers from recycling sorting facilities (RSF) in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil, compare the results with a non-occupationally exposed population, and identify factors associated with highe…

  • Environmental lead poisoning among children in Porto Alegre state, Southern Brazil

    Open AccessMariana Maleronka Ferron, André Klafke de Lima et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2012Cited by: 1References: 10

    OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of lead poisoning in children and to identify associated factors, as well as possible local sources of contamination. METHODS: A cross-sectional prevalence study conducted in 2006 with a random sample of 97 children age zero to five years from a neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. Blood lead levels were measured and a questionnaire administered to collect information on sociodemographics, recycling…