Methylmercury
Material type: TextSeries: Environmental Health CriteriaPublication details: Geneva World Health Organization 1990Edition: 101Description: 144pISBN:- 92 4 157101 2
- QV 293 .W6
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Book | AMREF INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (AMIU) LIBRARY | QV 293 .W6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 14710 |
Discusses the risks to human health from compounds of monomethylmercury and examines the available data that contains this information. Presents the specific data that contains information on the environmental effects of mercury. According to the book, effects of methylmercury on adults differ from the effects that are seen after prenatal or early postnatal exposures. Clinical and epidemiological evidence reveals that prenatal life is more sensitive to toxic effects of methylmercury than is adult life.
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