The three modern faces of mercury.

The three modern "faces" of mercury are our perceptions of risk from the exposure of billions of people to methyl mercury in fish, mercury vapor from amalgam tooth fillings, and ethyl mercury in the form of thimerosal added as an antiseptic to widely used vaccines. In this article I review...

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Autor principal: Clarkson, Thomas W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2002
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11834460
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