Acute inorganic mercury vapor inhalation poisoning

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-174

  Asano, Sigeyuki ^a,h   Eto, Komyo ^b   Kurisaki, Emiko ^c   Gunji, Hirofumi ^c   Hiraiwa, Koichi ^c   Sato, Masao ^d   Sato, Hiroshi ^e   Hasuike, Miki ^a   Hagiwara, Noboru ^f   Wakasa, Haruki ^g  

^a Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute inorganic mercury vapor poisoning; Mercury deposits; Metallothionein; Pulmonary fibrosis; Renal tubular necrosis

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BRONCHIOLITIS; DETOXIFICATION; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; MERCURIALISM; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MERCURY POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034018403     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01032.x     Document Type: Review

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