Olaf Malm

Biographic Data

ID897163
NAMEOlaf Malm
GIVEN NAMESOlaf
FAMILY NAMEMalm
SIGNATUREMALM O
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
ORCID0000-0002-4116-7160
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX2

  • Fish Consumption during Pregnancy, Mercury Transfer, and Birth Weight along the Madeira River Basin in Amazonia

    Open AccessRejane Corrêa Marques, Rejane Marques et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2013

    Maternal HHg is an important biomarker of maternal fish consumption and of methylmercury exposure during pregnancy. However, in these Amazonian groups, only maternal education and gestational age seemed to affect birth weight positively

  • A systematic review of mercury ototoxicity

    Open AccessAna Cristina Hiromi Hoshino, Heloisa Pacheco Ferreira et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2012

    Mercury is neurotoxic, and numerous studies have confirmed its ototoxic effect. However, the diagnosis and follow-up of mercury exposure require understanding the pathophysiology of the chemical substance. Based on a systematic literature review, this study aimed to demonstrate whether mercury is ototoxic and to analyze its mechanism of action on the peripheral and central auditory system, in order to contribute to the diagnosis and follow-up of …

  • Hydroelectric reservoir inundation (Rio Madeira Basin, Amazon) and changes in traditional lifestyle

    Open AccessRejane Corrêa Marques, José G Dórea et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2010Cited by: 1References: 3

    The study showed that the families' shift in fish consumption had no negative impact on the growth of young children and that ensuing methylmercury exposure has not been a noticeable neurodevelopmental hindrance

  • Maternal fish consumption in the nutrition transition of the Amazon Basin

    Open AccessRejane Corrêa Marques, José G Dórea et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2008

    The apparently good nutritional status of subjects is more likely due to a well balanced diet composition than to only one dietary protein source--fish

  • Mercúrio total em músculo de cação Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) e de espadarte Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, na costa sul-sudeste do Brasil e suas implicações para a saúde pública

    Open AccessAdriana C L Dias, Jean Remy Davée Guimarães et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2008References: 27

    Foram analisadas as concentrações de mercúrio total (THg) em tecido muscular do tubarão azul Prionace glauca e do teleósteo Xiphias gladius, vulgarmente conhecido como espadarte, provenientes das regiões sul e sudeste da costa brasileira, para verificar se estas se encontram dentro dos padrões legais para consumo humano. As amostras foram obtidas utilizando-se o programa REVIZEE, de agosto a setembro de 2001, e por intermédio de uma empresa de pe…

  • Contaminação por mercúrio em ecossistemas aquáticos

    Open AccessLuiz D Lacerda, Olaf MalmARTICLEEstudos Avançados2008References: 23

    O processo de contaminação por mercúrio em ecossistemas aquáticos é discutido, levando-se em consideração as características biogeoquímicas atuantes nesses sistemas que resultam em uma maior mobilização e biodisponibilidade do mercúrio para incorporação na cadeia alimentar, eventualmente aumentando a exposição humana ao metal. Traça-se um paralelo entre sistemas aquáticos amazônicos e estuários, ambientes que, pela elevada capacidade de complexaç…

  • Recovery of Mercury-Contaminated Fisheries

    John Munthe, R A Bodaly et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2007Cited by: 3References: 117

    In this paper, we synthesize available information on the links between changes in ecosystem loading of inorganic mercury (Hg) and levels of methylmercury (MeHg) in fish. Although it is widely hypothesized that increased Hg load to aquatic ecosystems leads to increases in MeHg in fish, there is limited quantitative data to test this hypothesis. Here we examine the available evidence from a range of sources: studies of ecosystems contaminated by i…

  • Performance on neurological development tests by riverine children with moderate mercury exposure in Amazonia, Brazil

    Open AccessLydia Maria Bocayuva Tavares, Volney De Mgalhães Camara et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2005Cited by: 2References: 10

    The nervous system can be damaged when the population is exposed to methyl mercury (MeHg) by ingesting fish, and children deserve special attention due to their increased susceptibility as compared to adults. A comparative cross-sectional study was performed in order to investigate the use of a battery of neurological development tests in two groups of 209 riverine children from 3 to 7 years old: a group exposed to moderate levels of MeHg (n = 75…

  • Organic micropollutants on river sediments from Rio de Janeiro State, Southeast Brazil

    Open AccessJoão Paulo Machado Torres, Olaf Malm et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2002References: 9

    The paper is a contribution for the knowledge upon concentrations and fate of different kinds of organic micropollutants in Tropical River system from a very industrialized region in Brazil. The presented data was obtained during three years of an International Research Project between Brazilian and Dutch institutions. The sediments were sampled at the Paraiba do Sul-Guandu river watershed, the most important watercourse of Rio de Janeiro state, …