Cancer mortality in Minamata disease patients exposed to methylmercury through fish diet

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 134-138

  Kinjo, Yoshihide ^a   Akiba, Suminori ^b   Yamaguchi, Naohito ^a   Mizuno, Shoichi ^c   Watanabe, Shaw ^d   Wakamiya, Junji ^e   Futatsuka, Makoto ^f   Kato, Hiroo ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^f KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Leukemia; Methylmercury; Mortality

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RISK; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250020271     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.6.134     Document Type: Article

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