Effects of mercury vapor exposure on neuromotor function in Chinese miners and smelters

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Iwata, Toyoto ^a   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^b   Feng, Xinbin ^c   Yoshida, Minoru ^d   Liu, Xiao Jie ^b   Dakeishi, Miwako ^a   Li, Ping ^c   Qiu, Guangle ^c   Jiang, Hongmei ^c   Nakamura, Masaaki ^b   Murata, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d Hachinohe University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elemental mercury vapor; Miningand smelting works; Neuromotor function; Postural sway; Risk assessment; Tremor

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MINER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMELTER; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VAPOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHINA; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33847668942     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0144-1     Document Type: Article

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