Critical appraisal of the 1977 diagnostic criteria for minamata disease

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-29

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a   Tsuda, Toshihide ^a   Inoue, Sachiko ^a   Takao, Soshi ^a   Harada, Masazumi ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Epidemiological studies; Methylmercury compounds; Minamata disease; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MINAMATA DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREMOR; VALIDITY; VISUAL DISORDER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SEA FOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAFOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874221683     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2011.627894     Document Type: Article

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