Low-level mercury exposure and peripheral nerve function

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-306

  Franzblau, Alfred ^a,b,c   d'Arcy, Hannah ^a   Ishak, Miriam B ^a   Werner, Robert A ^a,b   Gillespie, Brenda W ^a   Albers, James W ^a,b   Hamann, Curt ^d   Gruninger, Stephen E ^e   Chou, Hwai Nan ^e   Meyer, Daniel M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SmartHealth   (United States)

^e AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Dentists; Median nerve; Mercury; Nerve function; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTIST; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MERCURIALISM; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTISTS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84858718094     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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