Total mercury levels in hair, toenail, and urine among women free from occupational exposure and their relations to renal tubular function

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Ohno, Tomoko ^a   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^b   Kurosawa, Tomoko ^a   Dakeishi, Miwako ^a   Iwata, Toyoto ^a   Murata, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hair; Mercury; Renal tubular function; Toenail; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; CREATININE; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD POISONING; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOXICITY; URINE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 33846283351     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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