Mercury Exposure and Antinuclear Antibodies among Females of Reproductive Age in the United States: NHANES
Author(s) -
Emily C. Somers,
Martha Ganser,
Jeffrey S. Warren,
Niladri Basu,
Lu Wang,
Suzanna M. Zick,
Sung Kyun Park
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1408751
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , urine , medicine , methylmercury , mercury (programming language) , physiology , population , chemistry , environmental health , environmental chemistry , bioaccumulation , computer science , programming language
Immune dysregulation associated with mercury has been suggested, although data in the general population are lacking. Chronic exposure to low levels of methylmercury (organic) and inorganic mercury is common, such as through fish consumption and dental amalgams.
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