Intervention study on cardiac autonomic nervous effects of methylmercury from seafood

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-245

  Yaginuma Sakurai, Kozue ^a,b   Murata, Katsuyuki ^c   Shimada, Miyuki ^a,b   Nakai, Kunihiko ^a   Kurokawa, Naoyuki ^a   Kameo, Satomi ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Fish consumption; Heart rate variability; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BIGEYE TUNA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH FOOD; HEART NERVE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWORDFISH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME; TUNA; YOUNG ADULT;

THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77649272322     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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