Biography

Dr. Jose Antonio Menezes Filho completed his doctoral degree in Public and Environmental health from the National School of Public Health with emphasis in Environmental Toxicology. He holds a position of Associated Professor of Toxicology at UFBAs College of Pharmacy. He has experience in Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology, focusing on Heavy Metal Toxicity, especially children exposure to lead, manganese and arsenic. Dr. Menezes is accredited advisor in the Graduate Programs in Pharmacy and in Food Science at UFBA. He is a reviewer of manuscript for Environmental Research, Pan American Journal of Public Health, Science of the Total Environment among others and has been a consultant to ATSDR (USA). He is a member of the Brazilian Node of CoPEH-LAC (Community of Practice in Ecossyistemic Approach to Environmental Heath- Latin America and Caribe). He has published more than 22 research articles, 23 conference proceedings, 09 books and chapters in the books are 02.He is also the journal referee and reviewer of many scientific journals. He has more than 43 national/international publication/presentations to his credit and has attended many conferences, workshops and seminars etc.

Area of Interest:

Public Health

100%

Environmental Toxicology

62%

Epidemiology

90%

Heavy Metal Toxicity

75%

Pharmacy

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

Ribeiro, P.L.L., A.C.M.S. da Silva, J.A.M. Filho and J.I. Druzian, 2015. Impact of different by-products from the biodiesel industry and bacterial strains on the production, composition and properties of novel polyhydroxyalkanoates containing achiral building blocks. Ind. Crops Prod., 69: 212-223.
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Mora, A.M., B.W. de Joode, D.Mergler, L. Cordoba and C. Cano et al.,, 2015. Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica. Environ. Res., 136: 47-56.
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Viana, G.F.S., C.F. de Carvalho, L.S. Nunes, J.L. Rodrigues and N.S. Ribeiro et al., 2014. Noninvasive biomarkers of manganese exposure and neuropsychological effects in environmentally exposed adults in Brazil. Toxicol. Lett., 231: 169-178.
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Vazquez-Salas, R.A., L. Lopez-Carrillo, J.A. Menezes-Filho, S.J. Rothenberg and M.E. Cebrian et al., 2014. Prenatal molybdenum exposure and infant neurodevelopment in Mexican children. Nutr. Neurosci., 17: 72-80.
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Mora, A.M., B.W. de Joode, D.Mergler, L. Cordoba and C. Cano, 2014. Blood and hair manganese concentrations in pregnant women from the infants’ environmental health study (isa) in costa rica. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48: 3467-3476.
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Menezes-Filho, J.A., C.F. Carvalho-Vivas, G.F.S. Viana, J.R.D. Ferreira, L.S. Nunes, D. Mergle and N. Abreu, 2014. Elevated manganese exposure and school-aged children's behavior: A gender-stratified analysis. Neurotoxicol., 45: 293-300.
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Carvalho, C.F., J.A. Menezes-Filho, V.P. de Matos, J.R. Bessa and J. Coelho-Santos, 2014. Elevated airborne manganese and low executive function in school-aged children in Brazil. Neurotoxicol., 45: 301-308.
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Roels, H.A., R.M. Bowler, Y. Kim, B.C. Henn and D. Mergler et al., 2012. Manganese exposure and cognitive deficits: A growing concern for manganese neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicol., 33: 872-880.
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Filho, J.A.M., G.F.S. Viana and C.R. Paes, 2012. Filho, J.A.M., G.F.S. Viana and C.R. Paes, 2012. Determinants of lead exposure in children on the outskirts of Salvador, Brazil. Environ. Monitor. Assess., 184: 2593-2603.
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Menezes-Filho, J.A., C.O. Novaes, J.C. Moreira, P.N. Sarcinelli and D. Mergler, 2011. Elevated manganese and cognitive performance in school-aged children and their mothers. Environ. Res., 111: 156-163.
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De Sousa Viana, G.F, K.S. Garcia and J.A. Menezes-Filho, 2011. Assessment of carcinogenic heavy metal levels in Brazilian cigarettes. Environ. Monit. Assess., 181: 255-265.
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Menezes-Filho, J.A., C.R. Paes, A.M.D.C. Pontes, J.C. Moreira, P.N. Sarcinelli and D. Mergler, 2009. High levels of hair manganese in children living in the vicinity of a ferro-manganese alloy production plant. Neurotoxicology, 30: 1207-1213.
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Filho, J.A.M., M. Bouchard, P.D.N. Sarcinelli and J.C. Moreira, 2009. Filho, J.A.M., M. Bouchard, P.D.N. Sarcinelli and J.C. Moreira, 2009. Manganese exposure and the neuropsychological effect on children and adolescents: A review. Revista Panamericana Salud Publica, 26: 541-548.
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Smith, S., V.J. Furay, P.J. Layiwola and J.A. Menezes-Filho, 1994. Evaluation of the toxicity and quantitative structure - activity Relationships (QSAR) of chlorophenols to the copepodid stage of a marine copepod (Tisbe battagliai) and two species of benthic flatfish, the flounder (Platichthys flesus) and sole (Solea solea). Chemosphere, 28: 825-836.
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