Table 1.
Epidemiological articles with Latin American children, according to country and chemical compound 1994–2014 (n = 409).
| Chemical compounds | Country | (n) | References (Appendix 2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only lead | Mexico | 63 | (1–63) |
| Brazil | 19 | (64–82) | |
| Other1 | 44 | (83–126) | |
| Inorganic* | Mexico | 37 | (127–163) |
| Brazil | 37 | (164–200) | |
| Other2 | 39 | (201–239) | |
| Air pollutants** | Mexico | 51 | (240–290) |
| Brazil | 25 | (291–315) | |
| Other3 | 30 | (316–345) | |
| Organochlorines | Mexico | 31 | (346–376) |
| Brazil | 4 | (377–380) | |
| Other4 | 8 | (381–388) | |
| Organophosphates | Mexico | 5 | (389–393) |
| Ecuador | 5 | (394–398) | |
| Other5 | 3 | (399–401) | |
| Organic*** | Mexico | 4 | (402–405) |
| Other6 | 4 | (406–409) | |
* Arsenic, fluorine, manganese, iron, selenium, zinc, mercury, chromium, nickel, silver, gold, cadmium, barium, cobalt, lead, molybdenum.
** Ozone, PM, carbon oxides, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds.
*** Polychlorinated and polybrominated compounds, phthalates, petroleum hydrocarbons.
1 Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Jamaica, Argentina, Venezuela, Belize, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago.
2 Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay.
3 Guatemala, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Argentina.
4 Nicaragua, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras.
5 Argentina, Costa Rica, El Salvador.
6 Brasil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua.