Toxic levels of mercury in Chinese infants eating fish congee

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-60

  Corbett, Stephen J ^a   Poon, Christopher C S ^b  

^a Australia   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; MERCURY;

AGGRESSION; BABY FOOD; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CHINESE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LETTER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HAIR; INFANT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING;

EID: 42149144743     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01512.x     Document Type: Letter

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