Hair-to-blood ratio and biological half-life of mercury: Experimental study of methylmercury exposure through fish consumption in humans

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Yaginuma Sakurai, Kozue ^a,b   Murata, Katsuyuki ^c   Iwai Shimada, Miyuki ^a,b   Nakai, Kunihiko ^a   Kurokawa, Naoyuki ^a   Tatsuta, Nozomi ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological half life; Blood to hair concentration ratio; Experimental study; Kinetics; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 84856913690     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.123     Document Type: Article

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