'Fishy'make-up on the hook for mercury exposure: A case series

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 770-772

  Drescher, O ^a   Dewailly, E ^a   Krimholtz, M ^b   Rutchik, J ^c  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cosmetics; Mercury; Skin bleaching cream

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DEPIGMENTING AGENT; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBADIAN; BARBADOS; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FISHING; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MERCURIALISM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84927717589     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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