Lessons from Minamata mercury pollution, Japan - After a continuous 22 years of observation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 7 pt 6, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Kudo, A ^a   Fujikawa, Y ^a   Miyahara, S ^b   Zheng, J ^c   Takigami, H ^a   Sugahara, M ^d   Muramatsu, T ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decontamination of mercury; Mercury dispersion; Minamata disease; Minamata mercury pollution; Natural mercury decontamination; Yatsushiro Sea mercury

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; DISEASES; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS;

METHYLMERCURY;

WATER POLLUTION;

METHYLMERCURY;

MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POISONING; POLLUTION MONITORING;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; MINAMATA DISEASE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

JAPAN; KYUSHU; MINAMATA; YATSUSHIRO BAY;

EID: 0031730454     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00632-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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