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Asymptomatic renal damages in persons with chronic professional exposure to elementary mercury low concentrations
Author(s) -
Stevan W. Djurić,
Dragan Jovanović,
R Hrvacević,
Zoran Kovačević,
Marija Konjevic
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0809670d
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , urine , asymptomatic , medicine , toxicology , nephrotoxicity , mercury pollution , mercury poisoning , chlorine , environmental chemistry , chemistry , kidney , toxicity , surgery , pollution , biology , ecology , computer science , programming language , organic chemistry
Any forms of mercury have toxic action on the majority of organs, especially kidneys. The major source of professional exposure to mercury are departments for the production of chlorine which use mercury as catode. The aim of the study was to prove that chronic exposure to elementary mercury low concentrations could cause asymptomatic damages of the kidneys.

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