Long-term exposure to methylmercury and its effects on hypertension in Minamata

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

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

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiological studies; Hypertension; Methylmercury poisoning; Minamata disease

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; METHYLMERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MINAMATA DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU; MINAMATA;

EID: 71249119982     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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