The severity of Minamata disease declined in 25 years: Temporal profile of the neurological findings analyzed by multiple logistic regression model

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-63

  Uchino, Makoto ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^b   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^c   Nakagawa, Masanori ^d   Wakamiya, Jyunji ^e  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minamata City Gen Hosp Med Ctr   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discriminants; Minamata disease; Multiple logistic regression analysis; Sensory disturbance; Temporal profile of neurological findings

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINAMATA DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; TENSION HEADACHE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13844319692     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.53     Document Type: Article

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