Mercury exposure: Current concepts, controversies, and a clinic's experience

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-154

  Kales, Stefanos N ^a   Goldman, Rose H ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINALYSIS;

XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0036165820     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200202000-00009     Document Type: Article

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