The present mercury contents of scalp hair and clinical symptoms in inhabitants of the Minamata area

Environmental Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-164

  Harada, M ^a   Nakanishi, J ^b   Konuma, S ^c   Ohno, K ^c   Kimura, T ^d   Yamaguchi, H ^d   Tsuruta, K ^e   Kizaki, T ^f   Ookawara, T ^f   Ohno, H ^f  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Akitsu Lake Town Clinic   (Japan)

^e Koga Hospital   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic Minamata disease; Mercury pollution; Scalp hair; Sensory disturbance; The Shiranui Sea

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

FISHERMEN; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINAMATA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

JAPAN; KYUSHU; MINAMATA;

EID: 0032076531     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3837     Document Type: Article

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