Toxicity of mercury

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 651-656

  Langford, N J ^a   Ferner, R E ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mercury; Sphygmomanometer; Thermometer; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POISON; FAT; INORGANIC SALT; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METAL; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

BACTERIUM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DENTIST; DEPRESSION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; INTESTINE; JAPAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LAKE; MERCURIALISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRESSURE; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER; TREMOR; VAPOR;

EID: 0032817935     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000896     Document Type: Review

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