Titre : | Human health effects of environmental mercury exposure. The present mercury contents of scalp hair and clinical symptoms in inhabitants of the Minamata area. (1998) |
Auteurs : | M. HARADA ; Philippe Grandjean, éd. ; T. KIMURA ; T. KIZAKI ; S. KONUMA ; J. NAKANISHI ; K. OHNO ; H. OHNO ; T. OOKAWARA ; K. TSURUTA ; H. YAMAGUCHI ; Akitsu Lake Town Clinic. Kumamoto. JPN ; Department of Hygiene. National Defense Medical College. Tokorozawa. JPN ; Department of Urban Engineering. Faculty of Engineering. University of Tokyo. Tokyo. JPN ; International Commission on Occupational Health. Scientific Committee on the Toxicology of Metals. INT ; International Conference on Human Health Effects of Mercury Exposure. (24/06/1997; Torshavn. FRO) |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Environmental research (vol. 77, n° 2, 1998) |
Pagination : | 160-164 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Mercure ; Pollution ; Taux ; Homme ; Japon ; Asie ; Symptôme neurologique ; Symptôme ; Habitude alimentaire ; Système nerveux [pathologie] ; Epidémiologie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xm9AVX. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. A total of 191 fishermen and their family (32-82 years) living in some mercury-polluted areas along the Shiranui Sea volunteered for the present study. They made a living by fishery and had formerly eaten the methyl mercury-contaminated fish and shellfish caught there. The questionnaire on subjective symptoms, fish eating habits, and past living history was conducted on the subjects. In addition, they were clinically examined in detail by several neurologists and scalp hair was collected. With six exceptions, all the 185 subjects showed a normal total mercury level in hair ( |