Long-term exposure to methylmercury and neurologic signs in Minamata and neighboring communities

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-9

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a   Tsuda, Toshihide ^b   Takao, Soshi ^a   Harada, Masazumi ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 37349076573     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31815c09d2     Document Type: Article

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