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Takashi Yorifuji | Zendy; Toshihide Tsuda | Zendy; Soshi Takao | Zendy; Etsuji Suzuki | Zendy; Masazumi Harada | Zendy

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Total Mercury Content in Hair and Neurologic Signs

Author(s) -

Takashi Yorifuji,

Toshihide Tsuda,

Soshi Takao,

Etsuji Suzuki,

Masazumi Harada

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901

H-Index - 173

eISSN - 1531-5487

pISSN - 1044-3983

DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e318190e73f

Subject(s) - methylmercury , medicine , mercury (programming language) , confidence interval , odds ratio , population , veterinary medicine , toxicology , environmental health , biology , ecology , bioaccumulation , computer science , programming language

Large-scale methylmercury poisonings have occurred in Japan (Minamata and Niigata) and in Iraq. The current WHO threshold for adult exposure (hair level: 50 microg/g) was based on evidence from Niigata, which included only acute and severe cases. That study leaves open the possibility of more subtle effects at lower exposure levels.

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