Monitoring of mercury pollution in Tanzania: Relation between head hair mercury and health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 227, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 249-256

  Harada, Masazumi ^a   Nakachi, Shigeharu ^b   Cheu, Taketo ^a   Hamada, Hirotaka ^a   Ono, Yuko ^c   Tsuda, Toshihide ^d   Yanagida, Kohichi ^e   Kizaki, Takako ^f   Ohno, Hideki ^f  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Environmental Monitoring Institute   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Section of Environment   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fishermen; Gold mining; Head hair; Hg soap; Inorganic mercury poisoning; Lake Victoria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MINAMATA DISEASE; MINER; POLLUTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOAPS; TANZANIA;

MERCURIALIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032938580     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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