Wide use of merthiolate may cause mercury poisoning in Mexico

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 777-780

  Ohno, H ^a   Doi, R ^b   Kashima, Y ^b   Murae, S ^c   Kizaki, T ^a   Hitomi, Y ^a   Nakano, N ^a   Harada, M ^d  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Instituto de Salud   (Mexico)

^d KUMAMOTO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; THIOMERSAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MERCURIALISM; MEXICO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIMEROSAL;

EID: 11144310646     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0494-x     Document Type: Article

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