Inorganic and organic mercury in blood, urine and hair in low level mercury vapour exposure

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 249-253

  Ishihara, Nobuo ^a   Urushiyama, Kenji ^b   Suzuki, Tsuguyoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Occupational Service Center Tohuku Branch ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Inorganic mercury; Low level exposure of mercury vapour; Mercury in hair; Mercury in plasma; Mercury in red blood cells; Mercury in urine; Organic mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; HAIR; HUMAN; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MERCURY;

EID: 0017659985     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: 14321246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00381412     Document Type: Article

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