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A positive relationship between exposure to heavy metals and development of chronic diseases: A case study from Chile
Cortés, Sandra; Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Pancetti, Floria; Covarrubias, Alejandra; Ramírez-Santana, Muriel; Adaros, Héctor; Muñoz, Luis (2021)Chile is a mining country, where waste mining is frequently found in the vicinity of inhabited areas. To explore the association between metal exposure and alterations in glucose metabolism, inflammatory status, and oxidative ...
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Association between cholinesterase's inhibition and cognitive impairment: a basis for prevention policies of environmental pollution by organophosphate and carbamate pesticides in Chile
Ramírez-Santana, Muriel; Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Corral, Sebastián; Roeleveld, Nel; Groenewoud, Hans; Van der Velden, Koos; Scheepers, Paul T.J.; Pancetti, Floria (2020)Background: In Chile organophosphate pesticides are widely used in the production of fruits. Pesticides use is regulated for professional practice but there is no regulation regarding exposure to the general population. ...
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Exposición a plaguicidas en Chile y salud poblacional. Urgencia para la toma de decisiones
Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Saracini, Chiara; Pancetti, Floria; Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Foerster, Claudia; Cortés, Sandra (2021)In the last 25 years, Chile has had an expanding role as an agro-export country in the global economy, with efficient rates of productivity in the region, based on the technological development of agriculture, with of large ...
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Exposure to pesticides in Chile and its relationship with carcinogenic potential: a review
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Iglesias, Verónica; Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana; Pancetti, Floria; Foerster, Claudia; Landeros, Natalia; Lucero, Boris; Schwantes, Daniel; Cortés, Sandra (2025)Background: The widespread application of pesticides in agriculture and the consequent heightened human exposure to these potentially harmful substances present considerable environmental and health risks. The potential ...
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Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) in human breast milk in Chile: A pilot study
Foerster, Claudia; Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Enríquez, Pedro; Rojas, Jacqueline; Zamora, Claudia; Muñoz, Ximena; Pancetti, Floria; Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Saracini, Chiara; Salas, Claudio; Cortés, Sandra (2021)Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that resist biochemical degradation, moving long distances across the atmosphere before deposition occurs. Our goal was to provide up-to-date data on the levels ...
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Reduced neurobehavioral functioning in agricultural workers and rural inhabitants exposed to pesticides in northern Chile and its association with blood biomarkers inhibition
Ramírez-Santana, Muriel; Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Corral, Sebastián; Roeleveld, Nel; Groenewoud, Hans; Van der Velden, Koos; Scheepers, Paul T.J.; Pancetti, Floria (2020)Background: Previous biomonitoring studies have shown that people in the rural population of Coquimbo, the major agricultural area in northern Chile are being occupationally and environmentally exposed to organophosphate/carbamate ...
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Risk map of human intake of mercury through fish consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean
Vergara, Elvira; Pancetti, Floria; Zúñiga, Liliana; Fabres, Karen; Bahamonde, Paulina (2024)Mercury (Hg) is a persistent pollutant highly bioaccumulated in the aquatic environment through the food chain reaching high concentration levels in the tissues of predator fishes. Among the relevant sources of anthropogenic ...