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Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature
Mercury is a toxic heavy metal which is widely dispersed in nature. Most human exposure results from fish consumption or dental amalgam. Mercury occurs in several chemical forms, with complex pharmacokinetics. Mercury is capable of inducing a wide range of clinical presentations. Diagnosis of mercur...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22235210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/460508 |
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| author | Bernhoft, Robin A. |
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| description | Mercury is a toxic heavy metal which is widely dispersed in nature. Most human exposure results from fish consumption or dental amalgam. Mercury occurs in several chemical forms, with complex pharmacokinetics. Mercury is capable of inducing a wide range of clinical presentations. Diagnosis of mercury toxicity can be challenging but can be obtained with reasonable reliability. Effective therapies for clinical toxicity have been described. |
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| spelling | pubmed-32534562012-01-10 Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature Bernhoft, Robin A. J Environ Public Health Review Article Mercury is a toxic heavy metal which is widely dispersed in nature. Most human exposure results from fish consumption or dental amalgam. Mercury occurs in several chemical forms, with complex pharmacokinetics. Mercury is capable of inducing a wide range of clinical presentations. Diagnosis of mercury toxicity can be challenging but can be obtained with reasonable reliability. Effective therapies for clinical toxicity have been described. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2011-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3253456/ /pubmed/22235210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/460508 Text en Copyright © 2012 Robin A. Bernhoft. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Review Article Bernhoft, Robin A. Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature |
| title | Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | mercury toxicity and treatment: a review of the literature |
| topic | Review Article |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22235210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/460508 |
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