Jose G. Dorea is a professor at the
University of Brasilia's department of nutritional sciences. He obtained his DVM from the Rural
University of Pernambuco, and has an MS and a PhD from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, ...
in Nutritional Biochemistry. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers, mostly in the field of heavy metals toxicology. He has provided consulting services to the
International Atomic Energy Agency, and serves as an editor of a number of scientific journals, including the ''Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry''. Dorea has published a number of papers regarding the
safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines.
In addition, Dorea has conducted research concluding that miners in the Amazon exposed to the mercury used to extract gold did not suffer from mercury poisoning as a result.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Brazilian toxicologists
University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni