Mercurial uncertainties in environmental health

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 837, Issue , 1997, Pages 239-245

  Grandjean, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HAIR; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MERCURIALISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICUS;

UMBILICUS;

EID: 0031587528     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb56877.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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