Health Risks from Increases in Methylmercury Exposure

Our present knowledge of the human health effects of methylmercury exposure is derived from study of major outbreaks of human poisonings in Japan and Iraq and experimental studies on primates. Methylmercury readily passes through such physiological barriers as the blood-brain barrier, blood-testes b...

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Published in:	Environmental health perspectives Vol. 63; pp. 133 - 140
Main Authors:	Mottet, N. Karle, Shaw, Cheng-Mei, Burbacher, Thomas M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01-11-1985
Subjects:	Animals Blood Chemical hazards Cognition - drug effects Dosage Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Environmental Exposure Female Female animals Fetal Death - chemically induced Humans Impact of Acid Precipitation on Metals Toxicity Infants Intellectual Disability - chemically induced Lesions Male Methylmercury Compounds - toxicity Nervous System Diseases - chemically induced Poisoning Pregnancy Pregnancy - drug effects Primates Sperm Motility - drug effects Spermatogenesis - drug effects Toxicity
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