Mercury toxicity due to use of a cosmetic cream

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-7

  McRill, Cheryl ^a,c   Boyer, Leslie V ^b   Flood, Timothy J ^c   Ortega, Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREAM; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0033957980     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200001000-00004     Document Type: Article

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