Too much of a good thing (fish): Methylmercury case study

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-14

  Risher, John F ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

DIET; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ADULT; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAQ; JAPAN; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTOXICITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; TINNITUS; TREMOR; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; STOMATITIS; TREMOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; IRAQ; JAPAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 3042745431     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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