Erratum: Psychophysical sensory examination in individuals with a history of methylmercury exposure (Environmental Research (2004) 95 (126-132) DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.08.002);Psychophysical sensory examination in individuals with a history of methylmercury exposure

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-132

  Takaoka, Shigeru ^a   Fujino, Tadashi ^a   Sekikawa, Tomoko ^b   Miyaoka, Tetsu ^c  

^a Minamata Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nuttari Clinic   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Minamata disease; Paresthesia; Psychophysics; Sensory testing

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY EVALUATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 2442463451     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.06.010     Document Type: Erratum

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