Association between early methylmercury exposure and functional health among residents of the Shiranui Sea communities in Japan

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 387-400

  Ushijima, Kayo ^a   Sung, Woncheol ^b   Tanaka, Shiro ^c   Kawakita, Minoru ^d   Mukai, Yoshito ^e   Tamura, Kenji ^f   Tanaka, Mika ^a   Maruyama, Sadami ^g  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^e KUMAMOTO HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; aging; methylmercury; Minamata disease; Shiranui Study

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEA; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEAFOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

JAPAN;

EID: 84866285374     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2010.484860     Document Type: Article

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