Health Impacts and Biomarkers of Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury: Lessons from Minamata, Japan

Health Impacts and Biomarkers of Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury: Lessons from Minamata, Japan

The main chemical forms of mercury are elemental mercury, inorganic divalent mercury, and methylmercury, which are metabolized in different ways and have differing toxic effects in humans. Among the various chemical forms of mercury, methylmercury is known to be particularly neurotoxic, and was iden...

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Main Authors: Mineshi Sakamoto, Nozomi Tatsuta, Kimiko Izumo, Phuong Thanh Phan, Loi Duc Vu, Megumi Yamamoto, Masaaki Nakamura, Kunihiko Nakai, Katsuyuki Murata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Toxics
Subjects:
methylmercury
kinetics
toxicity
fetus
exposure assessment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/6/3/45

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