Environmental Epidemiology Research Training in the Peruvian Amazon (2013-2014)
This project team was a hands-on training program in which students learned about environmental and human data collection for epidemiologic investigations, and obtained field experience in conducting research. The research experience was part of a larger study to better understand human vulnerability to heavy metal exposure and emerging infectious diseases in the Amazon.
Timing
2013-2014
Team Outputs
River Transport of Mercury from Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and Risks for Dietary Mercury Exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru. Diringer SE, Feingold BJ, Ortiz EJ, Gallis JA, Araújo-Flores JM, Berky A, Pan WK, Hsu-Kim H. Environmental Science: Processes & Impact 2015 Feb;17(2):478-87.
Mercury Biogeochemistry in Madre de Dios Peru: Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (poster by Sarah Diringer)
Environmental Epidemiology in the Peruvian Amazon (poster by Dominic Lucero and Christina Chao)
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See related team, Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America (2014-2015).