The delayed appearance of a mercurial warning

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-11

  Grandjean, Philippe ^a,b   Choi, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JAPAN; MINAMATA DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349126299     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31815c481a     Document Type: Note

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