Methylmercury level in umbilical cords from patients with congenital Minamata disease

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Harada, Masazumi ^a   Akagi, Hirokatsu ^b   Tsuda, Toshihide ^c   Kizaki, Takako ^d   Ohno, Hideki ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital Minamata disease; Methylmercury; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MINAMATA DISEASE; NEWBORN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MENTAL RETARDATION; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0032806726     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00255-7     Document Type: Article

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