Neuroaudiological effects in a case of fatal dimethylmercury poisoning

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-275

  Musiek, Frank E ^a   Hanlon, David P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MERCURIALISM; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COCHLEA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0033067968     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199906000-00009     Document Type: Article

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