Congenital Minamata disease: Warnings from Japan's experience

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 458-464

  Kondo, Kiyotaro ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MINAMATA DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033943058     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380001500707     Document Type: Article

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