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Metals, As and Se determination by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in edible fish collected from three eutrophic reservoirs. Their consumption represents a risk for human health?
(Elsevier Science, 2017-01)
This study evaluated the concentration of Al, V, Cr, Mn, Zn, Fe, Ni, Cu, As, Se, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Hg and Pb measured in muscle of Odontesthes bonariensis (silverside fish) captured from three eutrophic reservoirs in the ...
Community-wide responses to predation risk: Effects of predator hunting mode on herbivores, pollinators, and parasitoids
(2018-01-01)
1. Flower visitation by herbivores and pollinators often occurs simultaneously, but their potential contrasting responses to predation risk are rarely investigated in concert. Predator avoidance behaviour is common in ...
Consumption of food supplements: is there a risk of muscle dysmorphia? [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
(F1000Research, 2022)
Background. Bigorexia is an eating disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder where the subject has an incorrect perception of their body image with exercise addiction. This study aims to determine whether there is a ...
Consumption: The other side of population for development
(Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2012)
World population is growing at an alarming rate, and thus population has become a major topic in sustainable development fora. In these debates, it is often asserted that developing countries with large populations pose a ...
Consumption: The other side of population for development
(Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2012)
World population is growing at an alarming rate, and thus population has become a major topic in sustainable development fora. In these debates, it is often asserted that developing countries with large populations pose a ...
Estimating relative risk aversion, the discount rate, and the intertemporal elasticity of substitution in consumption for Brazil using three types of utility function
(Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria, 2000-11-02)
Using the generalized method of moments, we estimate structural parameters related to relative-risk aversion, the discount rate of future utility, and the intertemporal elasticity of substitution in consumption for the ...
Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: shifting food systems and health among the Awajún of the Peruvian Amazon
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
BACKGROUND: Dietary changes, especially declines in traditional food diversity and increases in the consumption of processed foods, have previously been shown to increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. ...
Inter‐and intra-stock bioaccumulation of anionic arsenic species in an endangered catfish from South American estuaries: risk assessment through consumption
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2020-04)
Monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), inorganic arsenic (iAs), and non-toxic species (i.e. arsenobetaine) were determined by HPLC-ICP-MS as mg kg−1 wet weight in muscle, liver and gill of catfish (Genidens ...
CCT programs for consumption insurance: evidence from Colombia.
(2010-10-05)
This paper presents evidence of the ability of poor households in Colombia to insure
consumption against idiosyncratic and covariate risks. Using longitudinal data from Familias en Acción (FA), a conditional cash transfer ...
Does it matter if drugs are legal? Legalising decreases the influence of beliefs in a moral order in consumption among adolescents
Background: Drugs are likely to be legalised in the near future, potentially leading to increased consumption especially among adolescents, given the reduced prices and easier access. However, little is known about the ...