River Mandovi and Zuari (west coast of India) are flowing through iron and manganese mining areas and are heavily used for iron and manganese ore transport. This region generates 25-30 million tons of mining rejects per year. The iron ore of Mandovi-Zuari catchments area has approximately 50.04 μg/g of arsenic and partial dissolution of the mining rejects could enrich the dissolved arsenic in e...

543 Introduction During the last years, due to world-wide economic recession and a large inventory of stock, copper reached a historical value of 0.59 US$/pound in 2001. This fact meant closing down many important mining companies in the world, mainly in USA. On the other hand, strong environmental restrictions have been imposed on the mining activity, and it is expected they will become more r...

OBJECTIVE To investigate food sources and intakes of iron, and dietary factors associated with serum ferritin levels in 6-24-month-old children. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey employing proportionate cluster sampling was conducted in 1998/1999. Dietary intakes were assessed using a non-consecutive 3-day weighed food record. Serum ferritin and C-reactive protein were analysed from non-fasting...

BACKGROUND Myocardial siderosis is the most common cause of death in patients with beta thalassemia major(TM). This study aimed at investigating the occurrence, prevalence and severity of cardiac iron overload in a young Chinese population with beta TM. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed T2* cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and serum ferritin (SF) in 20...

Abstract This article presents a study of the historical dynamics human impact on landscapes Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria. Information about main and present-day anthropogenic impacts was obtained from various data sources field research. These include hunting, agriculture, grazing, logging, charcoal production, iron gold mining, stone quarry, reforestation, recreation. Five phases are recognized...

A SI1\IPLE METHOD FOR STAINING non-hemoglobin irOn within erythrocytes aIld their precursors and within macrophages and other cells containing particulate iron has been itl use in our laboratories since 1951 . This method has made possible rapid estimates of the amount of non-hemoglobin iron ill the marrow and in the blood in both new and old films of marrow or blood as well as in both newT and...

The objective of this study was to estimate the amount of bioavailable iron (FeBIO) in the diet of Mexican children aged 12-59 mo through the application of algorithms that use dietary variables and analyze the association between estimated FeBIO and hemoglobin (Hb) concentration. Data were analyzed for 919 children aged 12-59 mo old who participated in a national probabilistic survey on nutrit...